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Authentication and authorization for simple network management protocol (SNMP)

  • US 7,877,469 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2006
  • Issued: 01/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a manager device configured to execute a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) manager; and

    an agent device configured to execute a SNMP agent, the SNMP agent in communication with the SNMP manager and configured to selectively provide access including for the SNMP manager to managed data,wherein the SNMP manager is configured to issue an SNMP data packet comprising a login command, a community name, a user identifier and a password to the SNMP agent and wherein the SNMP agent is configured to processes the login command and, if the login command is authenticated, is configured to allow access to the managed data, andwherein the SNMP agent is configured to forward the user identifier and the password instead of the community name to an authentication server and wherein the authentication server is configured to attempt to authenticate a user based on the user identifier and the password instead of the community name.

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