Thanks for explaining Wes.

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Wes Hardaker
<harda...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Ravi Kumar <mynets...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Can any one tell me what cipher do we use in net-snmp in case of AES
>> authentication method used in SNMPv3
>>  (when DES is disabled in the code)?  When I query from MG soft mib
>> browser I get
>> CFB-AES-128. Is this what we use ? Can we use any other cipher eg
>> CBC-AES etc also ?
>
> The RFCs for SNMP only specify DES and CFB-AES-128.  So yes, that's what
> we use.
>
> It's possible to implement other ciphers, and even use ones defined in
> non-standards places (eg, there is a definition for 3DES that exists
> outside the IETF).  But currently, we only ship code for supporting the
> two standards based ones.
> --
> Wes Hardaker
> Please mail all replies to net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net

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