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Re: it's here
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks
- Date: Tue Feb 12 14:35:37 2002
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:22:32 EST, Sean Donelan said:
> ASN.1 is pretty cool, but I've been wondering are there that
> many ISPs which allow external SNMP access to their equipment?
> SNMP is a UDP management protocol, and even under the best of
> conditions, accepting packets from out of the blue isn't a good
> idea.
The *real* problem is that many *host* systems (Solaris, SGI, AIX,
etc) have SNMP enabled by default. And remember that hosts outnumber
routers by a considerable margin.
The SANS Top20 listed SNMP as a "turn it off". It was in the Top10 list
before that.
Can I stop banging my head against the wall yet?
--
Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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