Communication techniques for simple network management protocol
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1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining, at a first node, information indicative of a network condition;
encapsulating said information into an HTTP protocol; and
sending said HTTP protocol to a network managing node.
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Abstract
Simple network management protocol or SNMP is encapsulated into HTTP traffic. The HTTP traffic is in a form that allows it to pass through a firewall. At one end, and SNMP request is encapsulated and sent to a remote computer. The remote computer de-encapsulates the request and responds to the SNMP request. The SNMP response is encapsulated as an HTTP response, and sent to the management station which interprets the results.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining, at a first node, information indicative of a network condition; encapsulating said information into an HTTP protocol; and sending said HTTP protocol to a network managing node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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a first, monitoring computer, to run a first program that monitors a network condition; a second, monitored computer, to run a second program which allows said first program to monitor the network condition; a connection between said first and second computers, said connection including a firewall which blocks at least a first kind of non-HTTP communications but does not block HTTP communications; and at least one of said first and second computers to run a third program that encapsulates network information indicative of the network condition into HTTP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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forming an SNMP request for information from a remote computer, in a management station computer; changing said SNMP request to a form which will be passed by a firewall, wherein said changed SNMP request is encapsulated into HTTP protocol; and sending said changed SNMP request to said remote computer through said firewall. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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