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Chapter
8
Securing SNMP Access
In this chapter
• SNMP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
• Establishing SNMP community strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
• Defining SNMP views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
• SNMP version 3 traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
• Displaying SNMP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
• SNMP v3 Configuration examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
SNMP overview
SNMP is a set of protocols for managing complex networks. SNMP sends messages, called protocol
data units (PDUs), to different parts of a network. SNMP-compliant devices, called agents, store
data about themselves in Management Information Bases (MIBs) and return this data to the SNMP
requesters.
Chapter 5, “Securing Access to Management Functions” introduced a few methods used to secure
SNMP access. They included the following:
• “Using ACLs to restrict SNMP access” on page 66
• “Restricting SNMP access to a specific IP address” on page 68
• “Restricting SNMP access to a specific VLAN” on page 71
• “Disabling SNMP access” on page 73
This chapter presents additional methods for securing SNMP access to devices. It contains the
following sections:
• “Establishing SNMP community strings”
• “Using the user-based security modelSNMP version 3 (RFC 2570 through 2575) introduces a
User-Based Security model (RFC 2574) for authentication and privacy services.”
• “SNMP v3 Configuration examples”
• “SNMP version 3 traps”
• “Displaying SNMP Information”
• “SNMP v3 Configuration examples”
Restricting SNMP access using ACL, VLAN, or a specific IP address constitute the first level of
defense when the packet arrives at a device. The next level uses one of the following methods:
• Community string match In SNMP versions 1 and 2
• User-based model in SNMP version 3
SNMP views are incorporated in community strings and the user-based model.