RE: snmp & security

From: Jose Nazario (jose@biocserver.BIOC.cwru.edu)
Date: 11/14/01 

Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:20:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Jose Nazario <jose@biocserver.BIOC.cwru.edu>
To: <SBNelson@thermeon.com>
Subject: RE: snmp & security
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0111141119190.11799-100000@biocserver.BIOC.CWRU.Edu>

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 SBNelson@thermeon.com wrote:

> Don't newer versions have better authentication? I seem to
> remember reading about this

yeah. SNMPv3 has some improved options, and i think you can even move to
TCP as the transport layer. however its not standardly implemented by
vendors, so interopability problems appear. it's not a safe bet, but yes,
it does exist. these problems are why i didn't mention it.

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