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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    Re: SNMP on the internet
From:       Roger Books <books () mail ! state ! fl ! us>
Date:       1998-05-29 12:49:25
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scex <scex@dqc.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 May 1998, Roger Books wrote:
> 
> > Most people are using the SNMP protocol (at least in the areas I have
> > seen it used) to manage their networking equipment.  Can you tell me
> > how I can modify my Cisco routers to use a non-standard SNMP?  Sure, if
> > you are monitoring your linux boxes you can do whatever you want, but
> > I believe you will find that the vast majority of SNMP monitoring/control
> > is done to equipment where you do not have the ability to change the
> > implimentation.
> 
> i guess you could set up an snmp front-end/translator type system... all
> network traffic bound for ports 161/162 goes to/through a customised snmp
> agent which intercepts & "translates" the standard snmp traffic into
> whatever form the modified protocol takes.

For 500+ routers distributed all around the state?  And we aren't even
considered an extremely large site.  Somehow I don't think we are going
to be able to do VPN's everywhere.

Roger

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