Re: SNMP Community MIB

>>>>> On Wed, 26 May 2004 11:49:59 -0700, "Randy Presuhn" <[email protected]> said:

Randy> Of course, this assumes that you have permission to read all
Randy> those object instances.  :-)  But this all begs the question of why
Randy> someone would still want to use community strings at all.  With
Randy> heightened concerns about security these days, wouldn't use of
Randy> SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c be considered negligent, and a possible
Randy> legal liability?

Operationally, it's been shown to be more problematic though.  A poll
at NANOG yesterday indicated that one of the primary reasons operators
hadn't deployed SNMPv3 is that it was too much of a pain to set up
because it didn't integrate with their existing infrastructure.

-- 
Wes Hardaker
Sparta