SYNTAX TimeStamp
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The value of sysUpTime on the most recent occasion at
which one or more of this session's counters
suffered a discontinuity. If no such discontinuities have
occurred since then, this object contains the same
timestamp as gsmpSessionStartUptime ."
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 11 }
gsmpSessionStartUptime OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX TimeStamp
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
" The value of sysUpTime when the session came to
established state."
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 12 }
gsmpSessionStatSentMessages OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of messages that have been sent in this
session. All GSMP messages pertaining to this session after
the session came to established state SHALL
be counted, also including adjacency protocol messages
and failure response messages.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 13 }
gsmpSessionStatFailureInds OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of messages that have been sent with a
failure indication in this session. Warning messages
SHALL NOT be counted.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 12.1"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 14 }
gsmpSessionStatReceivedMessages OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of messages that have been received in
this session. All legal GSMP messages pertaining to this
session after the session came to established state SHALL
be counted, also including adjacency protocol messages
and failure response messages.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 15 }
gsmpSessionStatReceivedFailures OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of messages that have been received in
this session with a failure indication. Warning messages
SHALL NOT be counted.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 12.1"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 16 }
gsmpSessionStatPortUpEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Port Up events that have been sent or
received on this session.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 9.1"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 17 }
gsmpSessionStatPortDownEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Port Down events that have been sent or
received on this session.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 9.2"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 18 }
gsmpSessionStatInvLabelEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Invalid label events that have been sent
or received on this session.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 9.3"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 19 }
gsmpSessionStatNewPortEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of New Port events that have been sent or
received on this session.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 9.4"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 20 }
gsmpSessionStatDeadPortEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Dead Port events that have been sent or
received on this session.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 9.5"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 21 }
gsmpSessionStatAdjUpdateEvents OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX ZeroBasedCounter32
MAX-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The number of Adjacency Update events that have been sent
or received on this session.
When the counter suffers any discontinuity, then
the gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime object indicates when it
happened."
REFERENCE
"General Switch Management Protocol V3: Section 9.6"
::= { gsmpSessionEntry 22 }
-- **************************************************************
-- GSMP Notifications
-- **************************************************************
--
-- Notification objects
--
gsmpEventPort OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32
MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object specifies the Port Number that is
carried in this event."
::= { gsmpNotificationsObjects 1 }
gsmpEventPortSessionNumber OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32
MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object specifies the Port Session Number that is
carried in this event."
::= { gsmpNotificationsObjects 2 }
gsmpEventSequenceNumber OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX Unsigned32
MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object specifies the Event Sequence Number that is
carried in this event."
::= { gsmpNotificationsObjects 3 }
gsmpEventLabel OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX GsmpLabelType
MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"This object specifies the Label that is
carried in this event."
::= { gsmpNotificationsObjects 4 }
--
-- Notifications
--
gsmpSessionDown NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionStartUptime,
gsmpSessionStatSentMessages,
gsmpSessionStatFailureInds,
gsmpSessionStatReceivedMessages,
gsmpSessionStatReceivedFailures,
gsmpSessionStatPortUpEvents,
gsmpSessionStatPortDownEvents,
gsmpSessionStatInvLabelEvents,
gsmpSessionStatNewPortEvents,
gsmpSessionStatDeadPortEvents,
gsmpSessionStatAdjUpdateEvents
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated whenever a session is taken down, regardless
of whether the session went down normally or not.
Its purpose is to allow a management application
(primarily an accounting application) that is
monitoring the session statistics to receive the final
values of these counters, so that the application can
properly account for the amounts the counters were
incremented since the last time the application polled
them. The gsmpSessionStartUptime object provides the
total amount of time that the session was active.
This notification is not a substitute for polling the
session statistic counts. In particular, the count
values reported in this notification cannot be assumed
to be the complete totals for the life of the session,
since they may have wrapped while the
session was up.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifiers of the objects contained in the
notification.
An instance of this notification will contain exactly
one instance of each of its objects, and these objects
will all belong to the same conceptual row of the
gsmpSessionTable."
::= { gsmpNotifications 1 }
gsmpSessionUp NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionFarSideInstance
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when new session is established.
The new session is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId
and gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionFarSideInstance object
contained in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 2 }
gsmpSentFailureInd NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionLastFailureCode,
gsmpSessionStatFailureInds
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when a message with a failure indication was
sent.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatFailureInds. The
gsmpSessionLastFailureCode contains the failure
reason.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifiers of the objects contained in the
notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 3 }
gsmpReceivedFailureInd NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionLastFailureCode,
gsmpSessionStatReceivedFailures
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generate when a message with a failure indication
is received.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatReceivedFailures. The
gsmpSessionLastFailureCode contains the failure
reason.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifiers of the objects contained in the
notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 4 }
gsmpPortUpEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionStatPortUpEvents,
gsmpEventPort,
gsmpEventPortSessionNumber,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when a Port Up Event occurs.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatPortUpEvents.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionStatPortUpEvents
object contained in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 5 }
gsmpPortDownEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionStatPortDownEvents,
gsmpEventPort,
gsmpEventPortSessionNumber,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when a Port Down Event occurs.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatPortDownEvents.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionStatPortDownEvents
object contained in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 6 }
gsmpInvalidLabelEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionStatInvLabelEvents,
gsmpEventPort,
gsmpEventLabel,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when an Invalid Label Event occurs.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatInvLabelEvents.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionStatInvLabelEvents
object contained in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 7 }
gsmpNewPortEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionStatNewPortEvents,
gsmpEventPort,
gsmpEventPortSessionNumber,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when a New Port Event occurs.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatNewPortEvents.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionStatNewPortEvents
object contained in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 8 }
gsmpDeadPortEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionStatDeadPortEvents,
gsmpEventPort,
gsmpEventPortSessionNumber,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when a Dead Port Event occurs.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatDeadPortEvents.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionStatDeadPortEvents
object contained in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 9 }
gsmpAdjacencyUpdateEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionAdjacencyCount,
gsmpSessionStatAdjUpdateEvents,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"When it has been enabled, this notification is
generated when an Adjacency Update Event occurs.
The gsmpSessionAdjacencyCount contains the new value of
the number of adjacencies
that are established with controllers and the switch
partition that is used for this session.
The notification indicates a change in the value of
gsmpSessionStatAdjUpdateEvents.
The session to which this notification
applies is identified by the gsmpSessionThisSideId and
gsmpSessionFarSideId which could be inferred from the
Object Identifier of the gsmpSessionAdjacencyCount
or the gsmpSessionStatAdjUpdateEvents object contained
in the notification."
::= { gsmpNotifications 10 }
--**************************************************************
-- GSMP Compliance
--**************************************************************
gsmpGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { gsmpConformance 1 }
gsmpCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { gsmpConformance 2 }
gsmpModuleCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The compliance statement for agents that support
the GSMP MIB."
MODULE -- this module
MANDATORY-GROUPS { gsmpGeneralGroup
}
GROUP gsmpControllerGroup
DESCRIPTION
"This group is mandatory for all Switch
Controllers"
GROUP gsmpSwitchGroup
DESCRIPTION
"This group is mandatory for all Switches"
GROUP gsmpAtmEncapGroup
DESCRIPTION
"This group must be supported if ATM is used for GSMP
encapsulation. "
GROUP gsmpTcpIpEncapGroup
DESCRIPTION
"This group must be supported if TCP/IP is used for GSMP
encapsulation. "
OBJECT gsmpTcpIpEncapAddressType
SYNTAX InetAddressType { unknown(0), ipv4(1), ipv6(2),
ipv4z(3), ipv6z(4) }
DESCRIPTION
"An implementation is only required to support
'unknown(0)', and IPv4 addresses. Supporting addresses with
zone index or IPv6 addresses are optional. Defining
Internet addresses by using DNS domain names are not
allowed."
OBJECT gsmpTcpIpEncapAddress
SYNTAX InetAddress (SIZE(0|4|8|16|20))
DESCRIPTION
"An implementation is only required to support
IPv4 addresses. Supporting addresses with zone index or IPv6
addresses are optional."
GROUP gsmpNotificationObjectsGroup
DESCRIPTION
"This group must be supported if notifications
are supported. "
GROUP gsmpNotificationsGroup
DESCRIPTION
"This group must be supported if notifications
are supported. "
::= { gsmpCompliances 1 }
-- units of conformance
gsmpGeneralGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
gsmpSessionVersion,
gsmpSessionTimer,
gsmpSessionPartitionId,
gsmpSessionAdjacencyCount,
gsmpSessionFarSideName,
gsmpSessionFarSidePort,
gsmpSessionFarSideInstance,
gsmpSessionLastFailureCode,
gsmpSessionDiscontinuityTime,
gsmpSessionStartUptime,
gsmpSessionStatSentMessages,
gsmpSessionStatFailureInds,
gsmpSessionStatReceivedMessages,
gsmpSessionStatReceivedFailures,
gsmpSessionStatPortUpEvents,
gsmpSessionStatPortDownEvents,
gsmpSessionStatInvLabelEvents,
gsmpSessionStatNewPortEvents,
gsmpSessionStatDeadPortEvents,
gsmpSessionStatAdjUpdateEvents
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects that apply to all GSMP implementations."
::= { gsmpGroups 1 }
gsmpControllerGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
gsmpControllerMaxVersion,
gsmpControllerTimer,
gsmpControllerPort,
gsmpControllerInstance,
gsmpControllerPartitionType,
gsmpControllerPartitionId,
gsmpControllerDoResync,
gsmpControllerNotificationMap,
gsmpControllerSessionState,
gsmpControllerStorageType,
gsmpControllerRowStatus
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects that apply GSMP implementations of
Switch Controllers."
::= { gsmpGroups 2 }
gsmpSwitchGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
gsmpSwitchMaxVersion,
gsmpSwitchTimer,
gsmpSwitchName,
gsmpSwitchPort,
gsmpSwitchInstance,
gsmpSwitchPartitionType,
gsmpSwitchPartitionId,
gsmpSwitchNotificationMap,
gsmpSwitchSwitchType,
gsmpSwitchWindowSize,
gsmpSwitchSessionState,
gsmpSwitchStorageType,
gsmpSwitchRowStatus
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects that apply GSMP implementations of
Switches."
::= { gsmpGroups 3 }
gsmpAtmEncapGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
gsmpAtmEncapIfIndex,
gsmpAtmEncapVpi,
gsmpAtmEncapVci,
gsmpAtmEncapStorageType,
gsmpAtmEncapRowStatus
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects that apply to GSMP implementations that
supports ATM for GSMP encapsulation."
::= { gsmpGroups 4 }
gsmpTcpIpEncapGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
gsmpTcpIpEncapAddressType,
gsmpTcpIpEncapAddress,
gsmpTcpIpEncapPortNumber,
gsmpTcpIpEncapStorageType,
gsmpTcpIpEncapRowStatus
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects that apply to GSMP implementations that
supports TCP/IP for GSMP encapsulation."
::= { gsmpGroups 5 }
gsmpNotificationObjectsGroup OBJECT-GROUP
OBJECTS {
gsmpEventPort,
gsmpEventPortSessionNumber,
gsmpEventSequenceNumber,
gsmpEventLabel
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Objects that are contained in the notifications."
::= { gsmpGroups 6 }
gsmpNotificationsGroup NOTIFICATION-GROUP
NOTIFICATIONS {
gsmpSessionDown,
gsmpSessionUp,
gsmpSentFailureInd,
gsmpReceivedFailureInd,
gsmpPortUpEvent,
gsmpPortDownEvent,
gsmpInvalidLabelEvent,
gsmpNewPortEvent,
gsmpDeadPortEvent,
gsmpAdjacencyUpdateEvent
}
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The notifications which indicate specific changes
in the value of objects gsmpSessionTable"
::= { gsmpGroups 7 }
END
5. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Avri Doria and Kenneth Sundell for
their contributions to this specification. Also thanks to David
Partain, Michael MacFaden and Bert Wijnen who have contributed
significantly with their SNMP expertise.
6. References
[RFC1155] Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Structure and Identification
of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets",
STD 16, RFC1155, May 1990.
[RFC1212] Rose, M. and K. McCloghrie, "Concise MIB Definitions",
STD 16, RFC1212, March 1991.
[RFC1215] Rose, M., "A Convention for Defining Traps for use with
the SNMP", RFC1215, March 1991.
[RFC1157] Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M. and J. Davin,
"Simple Network Management Protocol", STD 15, RFC1157,
May 1990.
[RFC1901] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
"Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2", RFC1901,
January 1996.
[RFC1905] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
"Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC1905, January 1996.
[RFC1906] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser,
"Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC1906, January 1996.
[RFC1987] Newman, P, Edwards, W., Hinden, R., Hoffman, E., Ching
Liaw, F., Lyon, T. and Minshall, G., "Ipsilon's General
Switch Management Protocol Specification," Version 1.1,
RFC1987, August 1996.
[RFC2021] Waldbusser, S., "Remote Network Monitoring Management
Information Base Version 2 using SMIv2", RFC2021,
January 1997.
[RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process - Revision
3", BCP 9, RFC2026, October 1996.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC2119, March 1997.
[RFC2397] Newman, P, Edwards, W., Hinden, R., Hoffman, E., Ching
Liaw, F., Lyon, T. and Minshall, G., "Ipsilon's General
Switch Management Protocol Specification," Version 2.0,
RFC2397, March 1998.
[RFC2434] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs.", BCP 26, RFC2434,
October 1998.
[RFC2514] Noto, M., E. Spiegel, K. Tesink, "Definition of Textual
Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for ATM Management",
RFC2514, February 1999.
[RFC2570] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart,
"Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard
Network Management Framework", RFC2570, April 1999.
[RFC2571] Harrington, D., Presuhn, R. and B. Wijnen, "An
Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks",
RFC2571, April 1999.
[RFC2572] Case, J., Harrington D., Presuhn R. and B. Wijnen,
"Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC2572, April
1999.
[RFC2573] Levi, D., Meyer, P. and B. Stewart, "SNMP Applications",
RFC2573, April 1999.
[RFC2574] Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security Model
(USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv3)", RFC2574, April 1999.
[RFC2575] Wijnen, B., Presuhn, R. and K. McCloghrie, "View-based
Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC2575, April 1999.
[RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management
Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC2578, April
1999.
[RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for
SMIv2", STD 58, RFC2579, April 1999.
[RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for
SMIv2", STD 58, RFC2580, April 1999.
[RFC2863] McCloghrie, K. and F. Kastenholz, "The Interfaces Group
MIB" RFC2863, June 2000.
[RFC3291] Daniele, M., Haberman, B., Routhier, S. and J.,
Schoenwaelder "Textual Conventions for Internet Network
Addresses", RFC3291, May 2002.
[RFC3292] Doria, A., Hellstrand, F., Sundell, K. and T. Worster,
"General Switch Management Protocol V3", RFC3292, June
2002.
[RFC3293] Worster, T., Doria, A. and J. Buerkle, "General Switch
Management Protocol (GSMP) Packet Encapsulations for
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Ethernet and
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)", RFC3293, June
2002.
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8. Security Considerations
Assuming that secure network management (such as SNMP v3) is
implemented, the objects represented in this MIB do not pose a threat
to the security of the network.
There are a number of management objects defined in this MIB that
have a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create. Such
objects may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network
environments. The support for SET operations in a non-secure
environment without proper protection can have a negative effect on
network operations.
There are a number of managed objects in this MIB that may contain
sensitive information. They are contained in the gsmpControllerTable
and gsmpSwitchTable. It is thus important to control even GET access
to these objects and possibly to even encrypt the values of these
object when sending them over the network via SNMP. Not all versions
of SNMP provide features for such a secure environment.
SNMPv1 by itself is not a secure environment. Even if the network
itself is secure (for example by using IPSec), even then, there is no
control as to who on the secure network is allowed to access and
GET/SET (read/change/create/delete) the objects in this MIB.
It is recommended that the implementers consider the security
features as provided by the SNMPv3 framework. Specifically, the use
of the User-based Security Model RFC2574 [RFC2574] and the View-
based Access Control Model RFC2575 [RFC2575] is recommended.
It is then a customer/user responsibility to ensure that the SNMP
entity giving access to an instance of this MIB, is properly
configured to give access to the objects, only to those principals
(users) that have legitimate rights to indeed GET or SET
(change/create/delete) them.
9. Authors' Addresses
Hans Sjostrand
ipUnplugged
P.O. Box 101 60
S-121 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 725 5930
EMail: hans@ipunplugged.com
Joachim Buerkle
Nortel Networks Germany GmbH & Co. KG
Hahnstrasse 37-39
D-60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 69 6697 3281
EMail: joachim.buerkle@nortelnetworks.com
Balaji Srinivasan
CPlane Inc.
897 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: +1 408 789 4099
EMail: balaji@cplane.com
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