HI, The USM doc requires pass phrases to be at least 8 characters long. Of course, the pass phrase to key algorithm will still work. But with the 8 character limitation, then there is no ambiguity with MD5, SHA, DES, 3DES, AES.
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Robert Story wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2005 09:18:35 +0100 Dave wrote: > DS> How likely is it that someone would be using an authentication > DS> password of "MD5" or "SHA", or an encryption password of "DES"? > DS> (suitably extended to cover the full range of possibilities) > DS> > DS> We could probably tweak the create-snmpv3-user code to treat the > DS> two options the same way, and use the value being set to decide > DS> whether it was intended to specify the algorithm, or the pass phrase. > DS> > DS> That's a bit of a hack, but it ought to work. > DS> How much does the idea make you want to retch? > > I can stomach it without retching at all.. > > -- > Robert Story; NET-SNMP Junkie Regards, /david t. perkins ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
