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

[Frank Fock]

Hi,

You can simply append the password again.
If your password is "1234" you provide "12341234"
which has 8 characters but has the same key than "1234".

Best regards,
Frank

Am 13.03.2014 21:51, schrieb Tal Kapon:
> Hi all ,
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> I am using SNMP4J in order to query network equipment.
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> 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?
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> *Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: USM passphrases must be at
> least 8 bytes long (RFC3414 §11.2)*
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> *                at org.snmp4j.security.UsmUser.<init>(UsmUser.java:83)*
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Tal
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