RFC 1445 (rfc1445) - Page 3 of 47

Administrative Model for version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)

          RFC 1445       Administrative Model for SNMPv2      April 1993


          2.  Elements of the Model

          2.1.  SNMPv2 Party

          A SNMPv2 party  is a conceptual, virtual execution environment
          whose operation is restricted (for security or other purposes)
          to an administratively defined subset of all possible
          operations of a particular SNMPv2 entity (see Section 2.2).
          Whenever a SNMPv2 entity processes a SNMPv2 message, it does
          so by acting as a SNMPv2 party and is thereby restricted to
          the set of operations defined for that party.  The set of
          possible operations specified for a SNMPv2 party may be
          overlapping or disjoint with respect to the sets of other
          SNMPv2 parties; it may also be a proper or improper subset of
          all possible operations of the SNMPv2 entity.

          Architecturally, each SNMPv2 party comprises

          o    a single, unique party identity,

          o    a logical network location at which the party executes,
               characterized by a transport protocol domain and
               transport addressing information,

          o    a single authentication protocol and associated
               parameters by which all protocol messages originated by
               the party are authenticated as to origin and integrity,
               and

          o    a single privacy protocol and associated parameters by
               which all protocol messages received by the party are
               protected from disclosure.


















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