Re: Implementation of Snmp v3 Authentication & Encryption using SSL
"Dave Shield" <[email protected]>
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On 18/07/06, Tripathi Anoop-A18046 <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a doubt regarding how net-snmp implements encryption and > authentication (snmp v3 security) using SSL. That's easy - it doesn't. SNMPv3 does not use SSL - they are different security mechanisms. The Net-SNMP library can make use of certain routines within the OpenSSL library to calculate the SHA1 digest checksum, and perform DES or AES encryption. But that's just a convenience to avoid having to write code for these algorithms ourselves (and have to worry about all the related export headaches!). There's no real connection between SNMPv3 and SSL. [That is correct, isn't it Wes?] > How will then one make of the user keys stored in the USM MIB (user > encryption & authentication keys for snmp v3 security model ) ? Please see the relevant RFCs and/or a good book on SNMPv3 for the details. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users