SNMP (6)
Security
- lack of authentication capabilities in SNMPv1
- vulnerability to : masquerading, modification of information, disclosure, management sequence and timing modification
- communities defined in SNMP headers serve as a week form of authentication
- SNMPv2 - attempt to introduce a new standard that includes encryption and authentication
- SNMPv3 - new version which combines SNMPv2u and SNMPv2*
RMONv1, RMONv2 - set of extensions to the SNMP specification that lets a network monitoring device report to the management console in real time about traffic, error conditions, ..