SNMP Protocol Security Issues and Methods
In my description of the various SNMP versions in Chapter 65, it's possible that I may have been a bit harsh on those who worked on SNMP during the 1990s. The proliferation of many SNMP version 2 variants really was unfortunate, and not something we often see in the world of TCP/IP. However, now that we've seen the sort of work that SNMP does, the desire for security in the protocol would seem to be clear. Given that, and given the very low level of security in the initial SNMPv1 protocol, it's understandable to some extent why a conflict over security issues arose.
The need for security in SNMP is obvious because the MIB objects being communicated contain critical information about network devices. We ...
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