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SNMPv3 Applications

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Network Working Group                                            D. Levi
Request for Comments: 2263                           SNMP Research, Inc.
Category: Standards Track                                       P. Meyer
                                            Secure Computing Corporation
                                                              B. Stewart
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                            January 1998

                          SNMPv3 Applications


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) The Internet Society (1997).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo describes five types of SNMP applications which make use of
   an SNMP engine as described in [RFC 2261].  The types of application
   described are Command Generators, Command Responders, Notification
   Originators, Notification Receivers, and Proxy Forwarders.

   This memo also defines MIB modules for specifying targets of
   management operations, for notification filtering, and for proxy
   forwarding.

Table of Contents

   1 Overview .....................................................    2
   1.1 Command Generator Applications .............................    3
   1.2 Command Responder Applications .............................    3
   1.3 Notification Originator Applications .......................    3
   1.4 Notification Receiver Applications .........................    3
   1.5 Proxy Forwarder Applications ...............................    3
   2 Management Targets ...........................................    5
   3 Elements Of Procedure ........................................    6
   3.1 Command Generator Applications .............................    6
   3.2 Command Responder Applications .............................    8
   3.3 Notification Originator Applications .......................   13
   3.4 Notification Receiver Applications .........................   16



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