Charles you said:
SNMP is enabled by default on all Cisco devices with the RW password of
Cisco.
SNMP is not enabled by default- Cisco feels this is a security risk and
notes the most secure option is to not enable it at all.
About the RW password do you mean the default RW community string?
The default value of the read-write community string on a Cisco router is-
private
>>>Brian
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Why dont I see SNMP discussion on this board ??
>Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 22:25:35 -0500
>
>A clearer statement about the level of involvement that SNMP might have
>within postings on a (clearly) hypothetical bay/nortel newsgroup is that it
>would be a recurring topic, with a fairly high percentage of specific
>implementation questions. This has to do with the ineffably sluggish nature
>of their graphical configuration tool, the lateness-to-market of their
>non-script-driven cli (bcc) and the fact that snmp gets & sets are
>incorporated into the TI that appears upon the establishment of a console
>or telnet session.
>Extremely cursory comparisons with mg-soft and similar browsing tools lead
>me to believe that the wellfleet mibs are significantly better documented
>than their cisco counterparts. They also appear to me to be easier to
>navigate, but that might have more to do with relative inexperience than
>anything else.
>
>
>
>
>
>"Pradeep Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@groupstudy.com on 01/07/2001
>06:10:42 PM
>
>Please respond to "Pradeep Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>cc: (bcc: Kevin Cullimore)
>Subject: Re: Why dont I see SNMP discussion on this board ??
>
>
>Good show Kevin and Charles.Did you notice some one having said " SNMP
>would be more focusssed by the Bay Network folks.
>
>Kevin- Good start !
>
>If you read the SNMP related RFC , note the statement - SNMP RFC's are
>still a controversial subject. There has been no standardisation yet.
>
>-Guru
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cthulu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 08:33:58 -0600
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Why dont I see SNMP discussion on this board ??
>
>
>I'll start with the obvious:
>
>SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol, which is a misnomer
>because it is not simple excepting for the fact that it has four commands I
>know of: set, get, trap, and the other one I forget. A better name would
>Tree-Like Database-Structure Underlying Management Protocol (TDUMP);
>notice
>the missing network. SNMP depends on a network to manage its devices;
>however, it can manage more than network-centric devices. It can also
>manage computers, servers, printers, coke machines, and pretty much
>anything
>that has a network connection.
>
>Pretty much all those big name network management packages such Openview,
>Tivoli, CiscoWorks, JoeSnuff's NetSnuffer, and so on all use SNMP. Had
>you
>the time, you actually could manipulate and create your own SNMP code to do
>your network management.
>
>And just to ensure this thread doesn't die and to stimulate discussion, I
>am
>going to make some erroneous statements next...here goes.... (identify the
>mistakes here and get a fabu No-prize!!)
>
>(FX: clears throat)
>
>"We should use SNMP on our networks because the TCP traffic it generates
>causes a great deal of overhead. Instead, if we need SNMP informaiton, we
>telnet to port 179, and run a get-set command that will dump the SNMP
>information to a text file, where we can search for what we need. SNMP is
>not useful because it can only run on routers and switches. There is also
>a security issue as the community strings on Cisco are stored in plaintext,
>and can not ever be encrypted. SNMP is enabled by default on all Cisco
>devices with the RW password of Cisco."
>
>I challenge all to find the mistakes, explain why they are wrong, and give
>us the correct info...
>
>There, that should spur some discussion on SNMP... enjoy!!
>
>Charles
>
>
>
>
>""Kevin Welch"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>013101c07881$76ef9160$2a002a0a@sjc102498">news:013101c07881$76ef9160$2a002a0a@sjc102498...
> > Maybe its because no one has started a thread about SNMP
> >
> > -- Kevin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pradeep Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 11:30 PM
> > Subject: Why dont I see SNMP discussion on this board ??
> >
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > Did you notice - in our forum which claims to be addressing 10,000
>Network
> > proffessionals , SNMP related discussion does not seem to be too
>attractive
> > ! not on the forum at least.
> > >
> > > Why dont I see discussion on Cisco MIB's, SNMP, RMON ?
> > >
> > > Is this not a trouble area ? Or is it becoz , there is not much of
>SNMP
> > topics on any of the CCxx exams ?
> > >
> > > Is there any exams to prove the mettle of SNMP geeks ?
> > >
> > > -Guru
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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