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- From: atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.snmp
- Subject: Re: MIBs for SS7
- Message-ID: <3156@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 12:09:35 GMT
- References: <1992Jul26.233303.1@research.ptt.nl> <3145@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1992Jul28.082348.1@research.ptt.nl>
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- In article <1992Jul28.082348.1@research.ptt.nl> mschenk@research.ptt.nl (Mike Schenk +31 70 33 23926) writes:
- >Since when is SNMP more secure than CMIP? SNMP is not secure at
- >all. So current SNMP based NMSs can only get information from an
- >agent. Setting variables is not implemented and therefore SNMP
- >based NMSs can only be used to monitor your network. Controlling
- >your network is out of the question (unless you want every geek
- >to control your network as well).
-
- You aren't well informed. SNMP has security protocols in published RFCs.
- I personally have been using SNMP with those security protocols for
- about 6 months. Others have been using them for longer than that.
-
- Setting of variables IS implemented (again, you don't know what you
- are talking about) in SNMP -- one can monitor and manage in a secure
- fashion without any risk of someone else controlling your network.
-
- Do try harder to be fully informed.
-
- >I can hardly believe that the SNMP MIB for SONET has the same
- >functionality as the CMIP MIB for SONET (or better for SDH).
-
- Did you bother to LOOK at them ? Obviously not.
-
- You just ranted in an uninformed manner. Had you looked and been
- honest, you wouldn't have said the above.
-
- >While I am absolutely certain that there is a place for SNMP I am
- >also absolutely certain that it is more appropriate to manage SS7
- >with CMIS/CMIP just because the MIB is better structured and has
- >more functionality.
-
- Not true. As I said before, you just aren't informed about what you
- are talking about. Into MY kill file now...
-