[SNMP4J] multible UsmUsers with identical security name

Frank Fock fock at agentpp.com
Mon May 26 23:18:17 CEST 2008


Hi Tjip,

You do not need to change SNMP4J in any way.
Use localized keys instead.

Regards,
Frank

Tjip Pasma wrote:
> Hi
> 
> In my snmp manager application I work with snmp profiles that contains
> security settings for snmp v3. Currently its possible to create snmp
> profiles that uses identical security names but have different
> passwords. This usage scenario doesnt seem to be supported by snmp4j as
> the "UsmUserTable" uses the securityname+engineid as key for storing
> user entries. Could someone (looks to Frank :-) confirm that this is
> true ?
> 
> I have been thinking of ways to make modification to enable my scenario,
> so far i have 
> 1. extending UsmUserEntries with a snmp profile name.
> 2. modify the UsmUserTable to use ip address as part of the lookup /
> storage 
> 
> none of these appears as easy solutions, maybe someone have other ideas
> ?
> 
> kind regards
> Tjip Pasma
> System Engineer - Ericsson
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