[SNMP4J] Problem with identical user name

Frank Fock fock at agentpp.com
Wed Sep 30 20:46:21 CEST 2009


Hi Vivi,

Yes, with SNMP4J you can use the same
security/user name for different SNMPv3 entities
(with different passphrases). In that case,
you need to use localized keys instead of
(clear text) passphrases.

Best regards,
Frank

Vivi Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am working on an SNMP agent application using SNMP4J.
> 
> I would like to support multiple V3 notification recipients, 
> potentially, with identical user name.
> 
> Here is an example of a special case,  I have two notification recipients:
> V3 notification recipient
>   Ip : 192.168.33.33 / 162
>   engineId :    engineId33
>   username :  bob
>   Auth Protocol : MD5
>   AuthPass :        MD5Pass
>   Priv Protocol :  AES
>   PrivPass:          AESPass
> 
> V3 notification recipient
>   Ip : 192.168.33.34 / 162
>   engineId :    engineId34
>   username :  bob
>   Auth Protocol : MD5
>   AuthPass :        MD5Pass
>   Priv Protocol :  DES
>   PrivPass:          DESPass
> 
> Here since the privacy credential is different, I can not reuse same 
> UsmUser objects.
> I wonder if the SNMP4J support this kind of use case.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Vivi
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