RFC 3410 (rfc3410) - Page 2 of 27

Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet-Standard Management Framework

RFC 3410           Applicability Statements for SNMP       December 2002


Table of Contents

   1 Introduction .................................................    2
   2 The Internet Standard Management Framework ...................    3
   2.1 Basic Structure and Components .............................    4
   2.2 Architecture of the Internet Standard Management Framework .    4
   3 The SNMPv1 Management Framework ..............................    5
   3.1 The SNMPv1 Data Definition Language ........................    6
   3.2 Management Information .....................................    6
   3.3 Protocol Operations ........................................    7
   3.4 SNMPv1 Security and Administration .........................    7
   4 The SNMPv2 Management Framework ..............................    8
   5 The SNMPv3 Working Group .....................................    8
   6 SNMPv3 Framework Module Specifications .......................   10
   6.1 Data Definition Language ...................................   11
   6.2 MIB Modules ................................................   12
   6.3 Protocol Operations and Transport Mappings .................   13
   6.4 SNMPv3 Security and Administration .........................   13
   7 Document Summaries ...........................................   14
   7.1 Structure of Management Information ........................   14
   7.1.1 Base SMI Specification ...................................   15
   7.1.2 Textual Conventions ......................................   15
   7.1.3 Conformance Statements ...................................   16
   7.2 Protocol Operations ........................................   16
   7.3 Transport Mappings .........................................   16
   7.4 Protocol Instrumentation ...................................   17
   7.5 Architecture / Security and Administration .................   17
   7.6 Message Processing and Dispatch (MPD) ......................   17
   7.7 SNMP Applications ..........................................   18
   7.8 User-based Security Model (USM) ............................   18
   7.9 View-based Access Control (VACM) ...........................   19
   7.10 SNMPv3 Coexistence and Transition .........................   19
   8 Standardization Status .......................................   20
   8.1 SMIv1 Status ...............................................   20
   8.2 SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 Standardization Status ...................   21
   8.3 Working Group Recommendation ...............................   22
   9 Security Considerations ......................................   22
   10 References ..................................................   22
   11 Editor's Addresses ..........................................   26
   12 Full Copyright Statement ....................................   27

1.  Introduction

   This document is an introduction to the third version of the
   Internet-Standard Management Framework, termed the SNMP version 3
   Management Framework (SNMPv3) and has multiple purposes.





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