Yes, that is true. SNMP4J caches engine IDs, boot counters, and engine times non-persistently.
On 18.01.2010 21:26, [email protected] wrote: > I stand corrected. The SNMPv3 spec uses "less-than" comparisons which assumes > the boot count is indeed a monotonically increasing number. > > On the other hand, reverting the boot count or letting it roll over has the > same effect on the communication partners. The partners need to redo time > synchronization. > > I would expect the cached authoritativeEngineBoots are not persisted, so a > simple reboot of SNMP4J would cause time synchronization again and fix the > problem. Is this true? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Frank Fock > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 2:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SNMP4J] SNMP Manager re-installation no longer authenticating > > > The engineBoots counter needs to monotonically increasing. > There is no time limit. The roll-over is handled > differently. > > On 18.01.2010 18:17, [email protected] wrote: >> I don't think the boot count needs to be monotonically increasing. I believe >> the boot count only needs to be unique within the time window (maybe 2 >> minutes). Eventually any boot count will roll over and the application needs >> to handle that case. Are you sure it is related to the boot count? >> >> Error 1414 is: "SNMPv3: USM: Address error" >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Aidan Diffey >> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:31 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [SNMP4J] SNMP Manager re-installation no longer authenticating >> >> Hello. >> >> I have an SNMP device which is connected to a manager (A J2EE application). >> They are both talking to each other using SNMP V3. I have re-installed the >> manager which involved reloading a database. >> This has reset the engine boot count on the manager from 21 back to 1. Since >> then, I am receiving a -1414 error from SNMP4J. >> >> Is there something in SNMP4J that requires the engine boots to be >> incremented in order for authentication to take place? >> >> How would I get the devices talking again after rebuilding the manager >> database? >> >> Kind Regards >> _______________________________________________ >> SNMP4J mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j >> _______________________________________________ >> SNMP4J mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j > -- AGENT++ http://www.agentpp.com http://www.snmp4j.com http://www.mibexplorer.com http://www.mibdesigner.com _______________________________________________ SNMP4J mailing list [email protected] http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j
