Re: [PLUG] SNMP

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

William H. Magill wrote:

> Do you know for a fact that the Router will respond to SNMP... ie is 
> it REALLY configured to respond to an SNMP request.
>
> SNMP is considered to be a potential security problem (it gives out 
> WAY too much information, and has nothing even vaguely resembling 
> security), consequently it is often not enabled by default these days.


Today's nmap scan shows port 161 UDP open, but port 161 TCP closed.

161/udp    open        snmp

SNMP is wide open right now; it is enabled for local and remote access. 
Hey, maybe a remote connection will work.

_________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group        --       http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug