Guys,
I use version 5.1.1
of net-snmp. I actually switched to net-snmp from a previous SNMP API I was
using, because of net-snmp multithreading capabilities.
I guess you can
imagine what it takes to change your libraries. I read ALL your documentation
including readme files, faq and tutorials and everything that comes with the
distribution. I also made some simple tests and I liked the
results.
But as soon as I
started to work with SNMPv3, the crashes came. I spent days trying to figure out
what's wrong. I was extremely dissapointed to find that net-snmp, and please
correct me if I'm wrong, does NOT support MT with v3. I actually checked the
code and found some places where the code is completely
MT-unsafe.
Now, it's true that
one FAQ says that, strictly speaking, net-snmp is not thread safe. But in the
same FAQ it's also explained how to make it safe. There is also a whole MT
readme file, that doesn't say a word about v3 not being
safe.
I know this is an
open source project, with no gurantee etc. etc. but I sencerly think that you
should put a warning somewhere in the files you distribute. You can't even
imagine how many resources it took from me to work around this
problem.
I would appreciate
your reply.
Regards,
Gil
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