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- From: mschenk@research.ptt.nl (Mike Schenk +31 70 33 23926)
- Subject: CMIP (was Re: MIBs for SS7
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.180550.1@research.ptt.nl>
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- References: <1992Jul26.233303.1@research.ptt.nl> <3145@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1992Jul28.082348.1@research.ptt.nl> <3156@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:05:50 GMT
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- In article <3156@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson) writes:
- > 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.
-
- That might be true it is about 10 months ago that I worked with
- SNMP and then all vendors stated that there were no security
- protocols and they would not implement setting of variables.
-
- >
- > 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.
-
- See above.
-
- > 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.
-
- I did, look at CCITT recommendation G.774 and show me how you
- would put the same functionality in an SNMP MIB without getting a
- totally confusing MIB.
-
- > You just ranted in an uninformed manner. Had you looked and been
- > honest, you wouldn't have said the above.
-
- I think I would and I am certainly not uninformed. Have you ever
- bothered looking at CMIS/CMIP.
-
- >>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...
-
- As I said before I think I am.
-
- Mike
-