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Re: secure snmp: too much bang for the buck?

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From: Ed Alcoff - Prod Mtg
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:21
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Pls realize that SMP provides for a slight mod to
the Secure SNMP as spec'd in the RFCs.

Also, I disagree that a vendor should not support SETs
because of a lack of security.  Leave the security of
the net to the user- they can choose to use SETs or not
with an appropriate entry in a typical snmpd.conf (use
READ instead of READ-WRITE)

Also, SMP/Secure SNMP does not provide a perfectly secure
environment.  Due to possible export restrictions, some
vendors may choose not to implement encryption.  Also,
one cannot set the value of the life delay to 0 so that
one will be able to intercept the packet and retransmit
it from a rogue implementation.

So it's much better, but certainly not overkill.

Cheers,

/era
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From: oldera@twg.com (Ed Alcoff -  Prod Mtg)
Subject: Re: secure snmp: too much bang for the buck?
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