[SNMP4J] Sending INFORMs to an engine that changes engine ID

[Frank Fock]

Hi,

Jochen Katz wrote:
> 
>> The current implementation of snmp4j does not support resynchronization in
>> this case; my question is: should it?
> 
> No. If you have a device that changes its engine id, this can and should
> be solved by the application. The MPv3 offers functions to add, get and
> remove known engine ids, same for the USM.
> 

I agree with Jochen. The reason for not doing an
auto rediscovery is security! If you would do so,
a man-in-middle attack would be very easy!

Best regards,
Frank


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