On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Rusty Minden wrote:
> Our Network LAN Administarator is interested in using Linux and he needs to
> know how to test his CISCO Routers with Terminal Emulation. He currently
> uses M$ Hyperterminal. This is way beyond my knowledge level any help would
> be greatly apriciated. I will forward this on to him His name is Quintin. P.
> S. I am going to be taking a networking class this semester so it won't be
> to far beyond me for long :^)
Hyperterminal is a terminal emulator for interfacing directly through the
serial port. Minicom is the most common terminal emulator used in
Linux.
>
> It looks like SNMP may be the thing, but I have never used it. I am very
> concerned about the security of SNMP acording to the How To documentation it
> is not secure at all. We are going to be using a CISCO 2600 Router.
SNMP isn't secure, but if you trust your network the benefits can be
significant. I don't know Cisco, but on Linux routers you can block
access to specific protocols on specific ports, thus allowing you to use
SNMP from inside but not from outside.
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