Configuration / project engineering
5.5 Security Wizard
SCALANCE W786-xPRO
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Operating Instructions, Release 08/2007, C79000-G8976-C221-02
5.5.4
Security settings for the SNMP protocol
Access permissions when using the SNMP protocol
When using the SNMP protocol, you specify access permissions by means of the community
string. A community string effectively combines the function of user name and password in
one string; different community strings are defined for read and write permissions. More
complex and more secure authentications are possible only in some SNMPv2 variants and in
SNMPv3.
To preserve security, you should not use the default values "public" or "private".