Actually, SNMP is enabled by default on some products. On the Cisco
Catalyst line, SNMP is enabled by default with the values of:
SNMP Read-Only: public
SNMP Read-Write: private
SNMP Read-Write-All: secret
This is a HUGE security hole. If you have not changed your SNMP passwords
or turned it off, anyone with IP access to your network may reconfigure
you Catalyst devices at will!!!!
Paul Borghese
----- Original Message -----
From: ""Brian Lodwick"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: Why dont I see SNMP discussion on this board ??
> 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
>
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