Mark - are you frightened :-). SNMP v3 will address the fears of such users who dont "I would never allow SNMP in from or out to the Internet."
I look at this as an advantage - I can have my trusted users on the internet manage the network devices 24 X 7 from a geographically spread location. Serious abt V3. Pradeep -----Original Message----- From: Mark Medici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:07 AM To: Christopher Vittek; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SNMP security Why in the world would you let SMTP through your firewall regardless? Unless it's the interior border of your DMZ allowing SNMP from specific hosts on the fully-protected internal networks to specific hosts inside the DMZ and back again. I would never allow SNMP in from or out to the Internet. Just my 2 cents.