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Expert Sensor Box 7211/7212
Configuration
Configuration - E-Mail
2.2.8
Currently, only SMTP servers are supported, that are offering no authentication (open-relay) or unen-
crypted authentication (PLAIN). An encrypted authentication to the SMTP server is not possible.
An experienced user can learn whether the desired SMTP server understands the PLAIN authenticati-
on, by sending the string "EHLO localhost" with Telnet to the server. Here's an example:
$ telnet smtp.1und1.com 25
Trying 212.227.15.129...
Connected to smtp.1und1.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 smtp.1und1.com (mreu3) Welcome to Nemesis ESMTP server
EHLO localhost <---- *TYPE* *THIS*
250-smtp.1und1.com
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN <---- *PLAIN* *SUPPORTED!*
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
250-SIZE 120000000
250 HELP
Protocols
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SNMP
3.1
SNMP can be used to obtain status information via UDP (port 161). Supported SNMP commands are:
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GET
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GETNEXT
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GETBULK
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SET
To query via SNMP you need a Network Management System, such as HP OpenView, OpenNMS, Na-
gios, etc., or the command line tools of the Net-SNMP software.
SNMP-communities
SNMP authenticates requests by communities. A community is a string that acts like a password for a
