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SNMPv3,network management,SNMP security

This web page provides information about the Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3
(SNMPv3). The SNMPv3 specifications were approved by the Internet Engineering Steering Group
(IESG) as full Internet Standard in March 2002. The SNMPv3 specifications were previously
approved by the IESG as Draft Standard in March 1999. The SNMPv3 specifications primarily add
security and remote configuration capabilities to SNMP.

Specifications
The core SNMPv3 specifications:

Important information about coexistance with previous SNMP versions can be found here:

Documentation
The Simple Times newsletter published a special issue on SNMPv3 in December 1997. The articles
are written by some of the SNMPv3 document editors in order to explain some of the ideas behind
the SNMPv3 specifications.
Some more recent information on implementations and products appeared in the March 1999 issue
of the Simple Times newsletter.
There has been an SNMPv3 session at Comnet 98 with presentations about SNMPv3. The
presentations focused on the vendors, the users and the standards view on SNMPv3.
Bill Stallings published an article which explains SNMPv3 in the IEEE communications surveys.
Bill Stallings published a new edition of his book SNMP, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, and RMON 1 and 2
which covers SNMPv3.
Bill Stallings published another article about SNMPv3 in CISCO's Internet Protocol Journal.
Dave Zeltserman published the book Practical Guide to SNMPv3 and Network Management which
covers SNMPv3 from the viewpoint of a management application writer.

Implementations
Implementations of the SNMPv3 specifications are being developed by various vendors and research
departments. The following list provides links to the various implementation efforts. Please follow the
links to find more about the implementation status, the set of supported MIB objects, the availability
etc. The implementations are listed in alphabetic order.

Contact if you want to add or update entries in the list below.

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AdventNet SNMPv3 API, written completely in Java, provides support

for all versions of SNMP, and includes comprehensive support for
creating network management applications. It is suitable for creating
both web based client-server applications as well as stand-alone GUIs realized as Java applets or
applications. You can download the API for development use from AdventNet's web page. The
package also inlcudes a MIB Browser tool to test and monitor SNMP devices.
For more information, contact AdventNet. SNMP++v3 and
AGENT++v3 are C++ APIs allowing the development of SNMP
managers and agents respectively. Both APIs support SNMP v1, v2c
and v3. The SNMPv3 support includes MD5 and SHA authentication as well as DES, IDEA, and AES
privacy. You can download both APIs free of charge from the Agent++ web page for development use.
SNMP++v3 is based on Peter Mellquist's (Hewlett Packard) SNMP++2.6.
For more information contact Jochen Katz (SNMP++v3) or Frank Fock (AGENT++v3). SNMPv3-
enabled WinSNMP v3.0 API shipping since October 2000 to developers (via SDK
product) and to end-users (via the Auto*Manage application suite). All pre-existing
SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c WinSNMP applications are 100% compatible with the
WinSNMP v3.0 implementation without modification or rebuilding. SNMPv3 support
via addition to the WinSNMP API (constituting v3.0) are described in the Addendum (winsnmp3.htm)
available at www.winsnmp.com. Applied SNMP will release its AgentX tool set (master agent and
SDK) in 1Q02 with full support for SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3, over WinSNMP v3.0.
[Note: ACE*COMM transitioned its WinSNMP product family to a dedicated entity - Applied SNMP
- in early 2000 for on-going support, development, and sales.]
For more information please contact Info@AppliedSNMP.com. Cisco Systems ships
full SNMPv3 support in IOS version 12.0(3)T. It is implemented for all IOS platforms
that have 12.0(3)T based images. It was specifically tested it on the 7200, 2500, 2600,
3640, as5300, rsp, 4000 and 4500. SNMP privacy is available only in crypto images,
which cost more, have certain export restrictions, and have the full suite of Cisco security features.
For more information, contact Bob Stewart. DMH Software currently offers the support of
SNMPv3 protocol for the DMH Advanced Snmp-Agent. The USM implementation
supports MD5 and SHA authentication, CBC-DES encryption, and usmUserTable remote
configuration.
The highly portable SNMP-Agent solution supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3. The product
includes an SMIv2 MIB compiler to simplify the support of new MIB objects. Full support for MIB-II
and other standard MIBS.
For more information, contact Yigal Hochberg. MIMIC provides an inexpensive way for
enterprises, device vendors, management software developers and outsourcers to demo, test,
develop, train and certify management applications without purchasing equipment and
maintaining labs for those functions. MIMIC has the ability to simulate up to 10,000 devices from one
workstation. MIMIC simulations can be distributed over multiple platforms for enterprise simulation
testing of even larger environments. MIMIC includes user-friendly wizards for importing new MIBs,
recording large networks, creating device simulations and network topologies, and provides full
support for SNMP(v1, v2, v2c, v3), RMON(1, 2), DHCP, TFTP, ToD, DOCSIS and MGCP, as well as
Telnet and IOS.
For more information contact Gambit Communications Inc. Halcyon has implemented
the SNMPv3 Message Processing (MP) model and User-based Security Model (USM) to
be deployed in PrimeAlert v5.0, the next generation of Halcyon's enterprise monitoring
product suite, which will support SNMPv1, v2c, v2usec and v3.
For more information, contact Paul Berrevoets. Several IBM products have
implemented the SNMPv3 protocol, and now provide support for all the standard
protocols (SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPV3).
For more information contact Kristine Adamson. InterNiche has implemented

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the latest standard SNMP protocols (SNMP v1, v2c and v3) as royalty-free
Agent SDKs. Designed specifically for the requirements of next-generation
embedded designs, the Agent software is memory-efficient (from 12KB),
portable ANSI "C" source code for any conceivable CPU, MPU or SOC
implementation. SNMP can be easily added to the smallest Internet-enabled
devices using existing IP stacks, or NicheStack™, InterNiche's embedded TCP/IP stack. The v1 and
v2c Agents require no multitasking or RTOS facilities — A routine (entry point) is called whenever a
SNMP request is received. SNMPv3 requires minimal memory services and a timer, resources that can
be supplied by a lightweight multi-tasking scheduler (such as, NicheTask™), or by a RTOS (µC/OS-II
or VxWorks, etc). MIB Tables may be populated dynamically and packets are allocated dynamically
(so that multiple packets can be serviced at the same time). Tables can be populated via a
configuration file, CLI, or by SNMP GET/SET requests. The InterNiche SDKs include sample DOS
and Windows (WinSock) SNMP Agent implementations.
For more information, contact InterNiche Technologies, Inc. The
iReasoning SNMP library is the industry leading SNMP library, which
provides a high performance, cross platform Java API for building
network management applications. All SNMP versions (SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3) are fully
supported. It is written in Java, and designed from the ground up to support all SNMP versions. There
is no legacy code which only for a certain version of SNMP protocol. The code base is highly
optimized to maximize performance and minimize overhead.
For more information, please visit the iReasoning Networks pages. InterWorking
Labs' new SilverCreek(TM), SNMP Test Suite, supports SNMPv1, v2, and v3.
There are over new 100 tests for SNMPv3, and new support for HMAC-MD5-96,
HMAC-SHA-96 and CBC-DES.
For more information, contact IWL. Mibtonix has recently completed a
lightweight, multi-lingual SNMPv1/2c/3 agent protocol stack for Windows,
Unix and embedded systems. Our licensing allows distribution as a binary
SDK, ANSI C source code or C++ source code. Currently the protocol is deployed within our
SNMPv3 prototyper, Mibsim.
Please contact mibtonix for more information. MG-SOFT Corporation
implemented an SNMP engine supporting SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and
SNMPv3 protocols including the complete USM security model (HMAC-
MD5, HMAC-SHA, CBC-DES). The SNMP engine is programatically accesible through the
WinSNMP API. The evaluation version of the MG-SOFT WinSNMP SDK and some other MG-
SOFT's WinSNMP-based SNMPv3 products (MG-SOFT MIB Browser) are available from MG-
SOFT's Web site.
An agent based on MG-SOFT's SNMP engine is available on the Internet for interoperability tests;
access parametes are available on MG-SOFT's SNMPv3 web page.
For more information, contact MG-SOFT WinSNMP Team. The ModLink Networks
SynaPulse suite is comprised of AxoNet, an embedded v1/v2c/v3 agent, and
CorteXpert NDK, an embedded SNMP network development kit. Both are fully
ANSI C compliant and support MD5 and SHA authentication and DES encryption. The automatic
code generator supporting SMI v1 and v2 formats allows a developer to easily incorporate new MIBs
without having specific SNMP knowledge.
For more information, please contact ModLink Networks. MultiPort
Corporation is now offering their SNMPv3 solution - called EZMP3
for the Easy to Use SNMPv3 Solution. Our solution supports
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 in an easy to use, highly portable agent. The product includes full
support for MIB-II, contains an advanced MIB Compiler to facilitate the creation of new MIBs and we
can offer support with our extensive library of 'off-the-shelf' MIB's. EZMP3 also includes support for
MD5 and SHA Authentication as well as DES Encryption Services.

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For more information, contact Robert Newcomb. Muonics offers support of SNMPv3 in the
built-in management tools included in MIB Smithy 2.0, a visual MIB designer/compiler
environment, and MIB Smithy SDK, an SMI/SNMP management extension for Tcl/Tk, and
additional products are currently under development. The engine supports authentication with HMAC-
SHA-96 and HMAC-MD5-96 and privacy with CBC-DES, as well as SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c.
For more information, contact Muonics. Netaphor Software Inc. is now selling the Cyberons
for Java SNMP Manager Toolkit v2.0 which supports SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3.
Additional details may be found at the Netaphor website.
For more information, contact Shripathi Kamath. NetMechanica corporation has
released an NMS product called NetDecision that supports SNMPv3 (full USM
implementation). NetDecision is an affordable alternative to more expensive high-
end network management systems. More details may be found at the NetMechanica website.
For more information, contact NetMechanica. The NET SNMP project
has added SNMPv3 support to their will known NET SNMP package
(formerly known as UCD SNMP). They also offer access to a test
agent for interoperability tests.
For more information, visit the NET SNMP SNMPv3 page. The
SNMP component of the NetToolWorks.NET framework enables
developers to easily implement SNMPv1, SNMPv2c or SNMPv3 in
their .Net applications. The component written entirely in C# allows
developers to add powerful SNMP capabilities with only a few lines of code.
More information along with a downloadable trial can be found at NetToolWorks. NuDesign's
xAgentBuilder product will generate code for SNMP agents. It can be
a standalone agent or an extension agent for Windows. NuDesign also
has a replacement for Microsoft SNMP agent service. NuDesign Agent
Service does SNMPv3 as well and will work with existing extension agents.
For more information, visit the NuDesignTeam page. Radware Inc.
supports SNMPv3 in their DefensePro product line since version 3.0
and in their AppDirector line since 1.0.
For more details, contact Radware Inc.. Rig Consulting, Inc. has announced
the release of ComSNMP 1.0. ComSNMP a short name for `Component
SNMP' and is a set of generic light weight components out of a box for
Windows 32 bit platform which C, C++, VB and web programmers can use to develop NMS
applications requiring SNMP V3. The components will aid Rapid Application Development (RAD) of
network management software on Windows 32 bit platforms or enhance your existing software to
support SNMP V3. Programmers can use either the COM components (ideal for scripting languages)
or link statically to the component libraries (ideal for C, C++ applications). The components go
beyond being just being RFC compliant in that programmers can focus on the NMS application
development and not worry too much about how SNMP works. Some of the method calls address what
has been done over and again in an attempt to optimize performance, for example using a single PDU
to get response for multiple SNMP Objects.
For more details contact sales@snmp-components.com or uma@rigconsulting.com.
SimpleSoft's Automated SNMP Agent Tester, SimpleTester (version 3.0), now supports
SNMPv3, in addition to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. The Multiple SNMP Agent Simulator,
SimpleAgentPro, will support SNMPv3 noAuth/noPriv later this year.
For more information, contact SimpleSoft. SmartMIB is the next generation of IT
Network Management Tools to automate IP management information. SmartMIB is
a "Higher-Level Manager" designed to understand, deal with, and cater to the
complexity of the SNMP network management protocol structure. It introduces a
proprietary SNMP Operating System (SOS) Language. The SOS Language enables network
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networks in accordance to their own (maybe) unique management requirements and policies. SOSL's
SNMPv3 support includes MD5 and SHA authentication. Using SmartMIB It is simply a matter of
adding the managed device credentials in the "Secured Devices" inventory to force all
communications to that particular device to be secured through SNMPv3.
For more information, contact SmartMIB. SNMP4J is a free (Apache 2.0 license)
open source Java API that supports SNMPv1/v2c and SNMPv3 with MD5 and
SHA authentication as well as DES and AES(128,192,256) privacy.
UDP and TCP transport mappings are supported out-of-the-box. Through its object oriented design,
many characteristics of the API can be customized.
SNMP4J supports command responder applications as well as command generators. For more
information, visit the SNMP4J page. All SNMP Research products support
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3, and also provide access through HTTP, XML,
and other protocols. Support for strong encryption (Triple DES and AES) is also
available. SNMP Research's flagship product is the EMANATE® extensible agent
system, which is available on most platforms and embedded environments. EMANATE supports both
C and Java language agent development. The BRASS management application development system is
used to create SNMP-based management applications, and also supports both C and Java language
client applications. The company offers end-user management solutions built on these core
technologies. These solutions include: security configuration applications for SNMPv3, system
management agents using secure SNMPv3, and a protocol adapter for HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli
NetView, and other management applications which adds support for SNMPv3. SNMP Research
provides products and services worldwide to end-users, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM),
value-added resellers, and system integrators.
For more information, please contact SNMP Research. People at the Technical University of
Braunschweig have implemented SNMPv3 patches for tcpdump (included in recent tcpdump
releases) as well as noAuth/noPriv SNMPv3 support for the scotty network management
package. Interoperability (noAuth/noPriv) was tested against the SNMPv3 implementation
from SNMP Research to ensure that the packet decoder/encoder work as expected.
For more information, visit the Scotty project page. People at the University of
Quebec in Montreal have implemented a modular SNMP engine based on the
abstract service interfaces (ASIs). The implementation is written in Java. All security
features are implemented. This implementation is running on the Internet for the purpose of remote
testing.
For more information, visit the ModularSNMP page. The Westhawk lightweight
SNMP stack in Java, which comes with Java applet, application and servlet
examples, provides manager functionality for SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3
(authentication and privacy). It is capable of sending and receiving PDUs, but has limited agent
functionality. The stack supports IPv6. Source code and documentation is included. The stack is free
and commercial support is available.
For more information, visit Westhawk's SNMP webpage.
Wind River's product WIND MANAGE SNMP implements
all of the SNMPv3 applications (including proxy).
For more information, contact Josh Bluestein.

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