FW: About authentication process (HMAC method)

2013-11-24 Thread Marcelo .
rge.net Subject: About authentication process (HMAC method) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:20:30 -0500 I've been reading a lot about the authentication and privacy processes in snmpv3 messages (RFC3414). I have a lot of questions but I'm going to begin with the very basic ones, because th

About authentication process (HMAC method)

2013-11-22 Thread Marcelo .
I've been reading a lot about the authentication and privacy processes in snmpv3 messages (RFC3414). I have a lot of questions but I'm going to begin with the very basic ones, because those are the basis for the rest of concepts. Is the password (8 bits long) related to some user and the secret