Transport Security Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 5591
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RFC - Internet Standard
(June 2009; No errata)
Status changed by status-change-5343-5590-5591-6353-to-internet-standard
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Authors | Wes Hardaker , David Harrington | ||
Last updated | 2018-12-20 | ||
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Network Working Group D. Harrington Request for Comments: 5591 Huawei Technologies (USA) Category: Standards Track W. Hardaker Cobham Analytic Solutions June 2009 Transport Security Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF Contributions published or made publicly available before November 10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process. Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other than English. Harrington & Hardaker Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 5591 Transport Security Model for SNMP June 2009 Abstract This memo describes a Transport Security Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This memo also defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for monitoring and managing the Transport Security Model for SNMP. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 1.1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework .................3 1.2. Conventions ................................................3 1.3. Modularity .................................................4 1.4. Motivation .................................................5 1.5. Constraints ................................................5 2. How the Transport Security Model Fits in the Architecture .......6 2.1. Security Capabilities of this Model ........................6 2.1.1. Threats .............................................6 2.1.2. Security Levels .....................................7 2.2. Transport Sessions .........................................7 2.3. Coexistence ................................................7 2.3.1. Coexistence with Message Processing Models ..........7 2.3.2. Coexistence with Other Security Models ..............8 2.3.3. Coexistence with Transport Models ...................8 3. Cached Information and References ...............................8 3.1. Transport Security Model Cached Information ................9 3.1.1. securityStateReference ..............................9 3.1.2. tmStateReference ....................................9 3.1.3. Prefixes and securityNames ..........................9 4. Processing an Outgoing Message .................................10 4.1. Security Processing for an Outgoing Message ...............10 4.2. Elements of Procedure for Outgoing Messages ...............11 5. Processing an Incoming SNMP Message ............................12 5.1. Security Processing for an Incoming Message ...............12 5.2. Elements of Procedure for Incoming Messages ...............13 6. MIB Module Overview ............................................14 6.1. Structure of the MIB Module ...............................14 6.1.1. The snmpTsmStats Subtree ...........................14 6.1.2. The snmpTsmConfiguration Subtree ...................14 6.2. Relationship to Other MIB Modules .........................14 6.2.1. MIB Modules Required for IMPORTS ...................15 7. MIB Module Definition ..........................................15 8. Security Considerations ........................................20 8.1. MIB Module Security .......................................20Show full document text