Comments on: Using SNMPv3 for Secure Transmission of SNMP Messages http://ellisonsoftware.com/2009/01/02/using-snmpv3-for-secure-transmission-of-snmp-messages/ SNMP and MIB Consulting Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark http://ellisonsoftware.com/2009/01/02/using-snmpv3-for-secure-transmission-of-snmp-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Mark Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:11:36 +0000 http://agentsv.com/?p=9#comment-1537 Yes, security (authentication and privacy) and administration (SNMPv3 MIB modules) are the main features added to the SNMP protocol in <a href="http://ellisonsoftware.com/technology/snmp-version-3-snmpv3/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">version 3</a>. The data modeling language, <a href="http://ellisonsoftware.com/technology/smi-version-2-smiv2/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMIv2</a> is unchanged from SNMPv2c. For a good overview of the 3 versions of the SNMP see "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Management Framework" published in <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3410.txt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RFC3410</a>. For details on backwards compatibility with earlier versions of the SNMP see "Coexistence between Version 1, Version2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework" published in <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3584.txt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RFC3584</a>. -- Mark (info@EllisonSoftware.com) Yes, security (authentication and privacy) and administration (SNMPv3 MIB modules) are the main features added to the SNMP protocol in version 3. The data modeling language, SMIv2 is unchanged from SNMPv2c.

For a good overview of the 3 versions of the SNMP see “Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Management Framework” published in RFC3410.

For details on backwards compatibility with earlier versions of the SNMP see “Coexistence between Version 1, Version2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework” published in RFC3584.

– Mark (info@EllisonSoftware.com)

]]> By: excITingIP.com http://ellisonsoftware.com/2009/01/02/using-snmpv3-for-secure-transmission-of-snmp-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 excITingIP.com Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:04:47 +0000 http://agentsv.com/?p=9#comment-1534 Nice article on the security improvements in SNMPv3. I guess one of the biggest advantages of SNMPv3 is the usage of authentication and privacy mechanisms for the protocol, as rightly mentioned by you. <b>excITingIP.com</b> Nice article on the security improvements in SNMPv3. I guess one of the biggest advantages of SNMPv3 is the usage of authentication and privacy mechanisms for the protocol, as rightly mentioned by you.

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