Re: it's here

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:22:32 EST, Sean Donelan said:

> ASN.1 is pretty cool, but I've been wondering are there that
> many ISPs which allow external SNMP access to their equipment?
> SNMP is a UDP management protocol, and even under the best of
> conditions, accepting packets from out of the blue isn't a good
> idea.

The *real* problem is that many *host* systems (Solaris, SGI, AIX,
etc) have SNMP enabled by default.  And remember that hosts outnumber
routers by a considerable margin.

The SANS Top20 listed SNMP as a "turn it off".  It was in the Top10 list
before that.

Can I stop banging my head against the wall yet?

-- 
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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