[SNMP4J] GET by version 3 and Authentication No Privacy

Jochen Katz katz at agentpp.com
Fri Apr 6 17:40:30 CEST 2007


Hi,

> I am trying to send GET message by SNMP4J Stack from other snmp agent
> version 3 and with Authentication No Privacy.
> 
> First of all Stack sends GET message.
> Other agent sends report with authoritative Engine ID, Engine Boots, Engine
> Time.
> The problem is that next GET message from Stack contains Engine ID, User Name,
> Autentication Parameter, but does not have Engine Boots and Engine Time!
> 
> Is this a bug?

no, time information from replies that are not authenticated is thrown
away. The report for the second get request is of security level
authNoPriv and so the third get request contains the right time information.

Regards,
  Jochen




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