There's not much I'd want to add to Chris' response - at least not in respect of the main thrust of the original basic question. However there's one minor misunderstanding that really needs to be corrected:
> > Lastly, I would like to know if for snmpv3, the snmp message > > travels encripted? > > If you use authentication, the user's password is encrypted. That's not how authentication works. The user's password is not included within the request at all. What actually happens is that the user's password is used to calculate a digital signature for the request packet, and it's this signature which is included within the request. The receiving end will also calculate a digital signature (using the same password from some private configuration store), and compare this with the value in the received request. If they match, then: a) the username/password are correct (the sender is authenticated) & b) the request hasn't been tampered with en-route. If they don't match, then either it's the wrong password or the request *has* been modified en-route. There's no way to tell which. But the password itself is never sent across the network (encrypted or otherwise). > > How do you set up an enviroment to work with snmpv3? > > For MD5 authentication, you don't really need to do anything beyond > building the agent. But you do also need to define the users (and passwords) you wish to use. SNMP doesn't use the same username/password information from the general login mechanism. See README.snmpv3 for more details. Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
