[plug] Messaging using SNMP

[Jason Nicholls]

Don't do SNMP its a lot of complex work. However you could always do
something on UDP over the same port.
On 8 Dec 2014 01:31, "Craig Foster" <craig at fostware.net> wrote:

>  If SNMP is “less firewalled” then they’re doing it wrong…
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> SNMP allows configuration changes and file transfers on a lot of Cisco
> devices, and most devices will succumb to sensitive information leakage.
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> Any IT Admin worth their coin will firewall SNMP down to specific IPs, or
> even separate it to a management or OOB VLAN/Network.
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> TL;DR Wouldn’t go down that path…
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> Craig F.
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> *From:* plug [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] *On Behalf Of *Kevin
> Shackleton
> *Sent:* Monday, 8 December 2014 2:09 PM
> *To:* plug at plug.org.au
> *Subject:* [plug] Messaging using SNMP
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> Hi,
> I need to pass short strings from one pc to another. At present I 'm using
> TCP socket connections, since that works with Moxa NPorts too. In an
> environment where the IT environment is 'hostile ' perhaps SNMP might be a
> less firewalled alternative.  SNMP does look rather daunting to get into.
> Am I wasting my time considering it?
> Thanks
> Kevin.
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