> From: Samer Vazdekis [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:45 PM
> I'm defining the community name for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. I'm also
> defining the security name and authorization passwords in snmpd.conf.
> Now, I have scripts that call snmp commands. Now, since the community
> name and other parameters can change by configuration, I don't want to
> use -c in these scripts. I'm defining defaults in snmp.conf (defVersion,
> defCommunity). So, my question is, will this impact security? would
> external snmp requests make it's way to the device without verification
> of community name or security credentials because they are already
> defined as defaults in snmp.conf?
You don't need to worry about the community names because THEY ARE NOT
SECURITY CREDENTIALS. If you want security, use only v3,auth or better.
HTH,
Mike
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