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Linksys
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Authentication and Privacy—Authenticates SNMP messages, and
encrypts them
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Authorized View—Select the Read, Write and Notify views associated with
this group and with the above security level
STEP 4 Click Apply The SNMP group is saved to the Running Configuration file
Users
An SNMP user is defined by the login credentials (username, passwords, and
authentication method) and by the context and scope in which it operates by
association with a group and an Engine ID
The configured user has the attributes of its group, having the access
privileges configured within the associated view
Groups enable network managers to assign access rights to a group of users
instead of to a single user
A user can only belong to a single group
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To create an SNMPv3 user, the following must first exist:
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An engine ID must first be configured on the device This is done in
the Engine ID page
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An SNMPv3 group must be available An SNMPv3 group is defined in
the Groups page
To display SNMP users and define new ones:
STEP 1 Click Configuration > System Management > SNMP > Users
This page contains existing users
STEP 2 Click Add
This page provides information for assigning SNMP access control privileges
to SNMP users
STEP 3 Enter the parameters
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User Name—Enter a name for the user
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Engine ID—Select either the local or remote SNMP entity to which the
user is connected Changing or removing the local SNMP Engine ID
deletes the SNMPv3 User Database To receive inform messages and
request information, you must define both a local and remote user
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Local—User is connected to the local device
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Engine—User is connected to a different SNMP entity besides the
local device If the remote Engine ID is defined, remote devices
receive inform messages, but cannot make requests for information
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Select the remote engine ID
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Group Name—Select the SNMP group to which the SNMP user belongs
SNMP groups are defined in the Add Group page
NOTE Users, who belong to groups which have been deleted, remain, but
they are inactive
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Authentication Method—Select the Authentication method that varies
according to the Group Name assigned If the group does not require
authentication, then the user cannot configure any authentication The
options are:
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None—No user authentication is used
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MD5—A password that is used for generating a key by the MD5
authentication method
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SHA—A password that is used for generating a key by the SHA
(Secure Hash Algorithm) authentication method
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Authentication Password—If authentication is accomplished by either
a MD5 or a SHA password, enter the local user password in either
Encrypted or Plaintext Local user passwords are compared to the local
database, and can contain up to 32 ASCII characters
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Privacy Method—Select one of the following options:
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None—Privacy password is not encrypted
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DES—Privacy password is encrypted according to the Data Encryption
Standard (DES)
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Privacy Password—16 bytes are required (DES encryption key) if the DES
privacy method was selected This field must be exactly 32 hexadecimal
characters The Encrypted or Plaintext mode can be selected
STEP 4 Click Apply to save the settings
Communities
Access rights in SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 are managed by defining communities
in the Communities page The community name is a type of shared password
between the SNMP management station and the device It is used to
authenticate the SNMP management station
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