Re: How to handle snmpd user password in trapsess in snmpd.conf

Hi again,

By following the example in the mail thread

http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg26854.html

you would not have to specify the password in the trapsess command in the
snmpd.conf file.

BR

2013/3/6 Måns Zigher <[email protected]>

> Hi,
>
> When specifying a snmpv3 user in trapsess the password is in clear text.
> When running the net-snmp snmptrapd tool this is not an issue since then
> the user is a configured user on snmptrapd and not on the agent. But when I
> am running the tool loriotpro to capture traps it is an other mater
>
> http://www.loriotpro.com/ServiceAndSupport/How_to/howto_snmpv3_cisco_EN.php
>
>
> This tool is using the Key Localization Algorithm.
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2274#section-2.6
>
> The key is generated from the password of an user on the agent which
> forces me to configure the trapsess in the snmpd.conf file to use an agent
> which then is typed in clear text in the file.
>
> Is this a typical solution for snmp tools?
> Why using usm to handle the users when this forces us anyway to type the
> username and password in clear text when configuring traps?
> Or am I missing something?
>
> BR
>

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