[SNMP4J] Can I override the limitation of SNMP v3 minimum passphrases length?

[Tal Kapon]

Hi all ,



I am using SNMP4J in order to query network equipment.



Cisco switches allow SNMP v3 users to be defined with passphrases shorter
than 8 characters. SNMP4J throws the following exception when using short
passwords. Any way to override this limitation other than changing the
source code?



*Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: USM passphrases must be at
least 8 bytes long (RFC3414 §11.2)*

*                at org.snmp4j.security.UsmUser.<init>(UsmUser.java:83)*



Thanks in advance,



Tal