Re: engineID for SNMPv3 traps

On 5/24/2011 3:53 PM, Adrian Bica wrote:
> I have an embedded system running a snmpd server. It has it's own engineID generated from MAC address as instructed by snmpd.conf file. Everything is fine here.
>
> Now, I want the same system to send v3 traps to various destinations with different ip adresses.
> The question is: what engineID should I use in snmptrap command:
>
> a) Same engineID as the system's engineID and instruct the receivers to check for it?
the engineID used in a SNMPv3 trap is the "/authoritative engine 
ID/"--so it should be a) .
> b) Different engineID's for each receiver, as provided by receiver?
>
for SNMPv3 inform PDU, the "/authoritative engine ID" used should be the 
engineID of the receivers.
Usually the agent that sends out Informs should "discover" the 
receiver's engineID first.
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