[SNMP4J] IP source address checking upon reception of a response ?

[Frank Fock]

Hi Lucile,

No, SNMP4J does not check the IP address of a
SNMP response as such. Only the request ID
(SNMPv1/v2c) and the message ID as well as the
engine ID (SNMPv3) are checked.

Checking the IP address could be implemented
easily, but causes problems for interoperability
because, the agent must respond on the same
interface as it received the request.

Best regards,
Frank


LCanourg at RockwellCollins.com wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I've got a question regarding the processing of a SMNPv3 response to a 
> request in SNMP4J. 
> 
> Is it possible that the agent responding to a request from a SNMP manager 
> is different from the one to which the request was destinated ? That is to 
> say, when the SNMP manager receives a response to a request it has sent, 
> does the SNMP manager verify that the IP source address correspond to the 
> IP destination address of its request (considering that the request id 
> matches)? 
> 
> Thank you very much
> 
> Lucile
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