Re: snmpstatus v3 authentication issue

Dave Shield wrote:
> On 21/05/07, M L <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I ran into the following issue while using "snmpstatus":
>>
>> ./snmpstatus -v 3 -u c -a MD5 -A 1234Qwer 10.10.10.10
>>
>> This will return as authentication failed. I used -D flag and noticed that
>> defaultAuthType is noAuthNoPriv, but -a flag should overide this.
> 
> No - the '-a' flag sets the authentication protocol to use (MD5 or SHA)
> It does not affect the security level of the request.

That's how it is, but it wouldn't be too unreasonable for our tools to
at least issue a warning if e.g. -a/-A are specified on the command-line
for an noAuthNoPriv request, IMHO.


+Thomas

-- 
Thomas Anders (thomas.anders at blue-cable.de)

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