RFC 1445 (rfc1445) - Page 1 of 47
Administrative Model for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
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Network Working Group J. Galvin
Request for Comments: 1445 Trusted Information Systems
K. McCloghrie
Hughes LAN Systems
April 1993
Administrative Model
for version 2 of the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
Status of this Memo
This RFC specifes an IAB standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the
"IAB Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization
state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo
is unlimited.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction .......................................... 2
1.1 A Note on Terminology ............................... 2
2 Elements of the Model ................................. 3
2.1 SNMPv2 Party ........................................ 3
2.2 SNMPv2 Entity ....................................... 6
2.3 SNMPv2 Management Station ........................... 7
2.4 SNMPv2 Agent ........................................ 7
2.5 View Subtree ........................................ 7
2.6 MIB View ............................................ 8
2.7 Proxy Relationship .................................. 8
2.8 SNMPv2 Context ...................................... 10
2.9 SNMPv2 Management Communication ..................... 10
2.10 SNMPv2 Authenticated Management Communication ...... 12
2.11 SNMPv2 Private Management Communication ............ 13
2.12 SNMPv2 Management Communication Class .............. 14
2.13 SNMPv2 Access Control Policy ....................... 14
3 Elements of Procedure ................................. 17
3.1 Generating a Request ................................ 17
3.2 Processing a Received Communication ................. 18
3.3 Generating a Response ............................... 21
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4 Application of the Model .............................. 23
4.1 Non-Secure Minimal Agent Configuration .............. 23
4.2 Secure Minimal Agent Configuration .................. 26
4.3 MIB View Configurations ............................. 28
4.4 Proxy Configuration ................................. 32
4.4.1 Foreign Proxy Configuration ....................... 33
4.4.2 Native Proxy Configuration ........................ 37
4.5 Public Key Configuration ............................ 41
5 Security Considerations ............................... 44
6 Acknowledgements ...................................... 45
7 References ............................................ 46
8 Authors' Addresses .................................... 47
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