>>>>> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:32:37 +0800, Kang Chen <[email protected]> >>>>> said:
KC> When I want to receive a v3 trap using snmptrapd, I must assign the same KC> engineid both in snmpd.conf and snmptrapd.conf. KC> But, if I use MG-SOFT mibbrowser to receive the v3 trap, I need not to KC> assign the engineid in snmpd.conf. I assume you've read out tutorial on the subject? http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/TUT:snmptrap_SNMPv3 KC> So, what's the reason? If you're sending traps then the authoritative engine is the sender, which means it should be the sender's engineID (IE, the agent's). In which case, you shouldn't need to put an engineID in the snmpd.conf file. Note that MG-SOFT's browser may be either: 1) Not checking authentication and accepting every trap sent to it, in which case they're ignoring the engineID and receiving everything. 2) remembering the password and converting it into a master key for every received trap and creating new V3 users for each incoming new engineID and then if it matches accepting the trap -- Wes Hardaker Please mail all replies to [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
