RFC 1906 (rfc1906) - Page 2 of 13
Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)
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RFC 1906 Transport Mappings for SNMPv2 January 1996
9. Security Considerations ..................................... 11
10. Editor's Address ........................................... 12
11. Acknowledgements ........................................... 12
12. References ................................................. 13
1. Introduction
A management system contains: several (potentially many) nodes, each
with a processing entity, termed an agent, which has access to
management instrumentation; at least one management station; and, a
management protocol, used to convey management information between
the agents and management stations. Operations of the protocol are
carried out under an administrative framework which defines
authentication, authorization, access control, and privacy policies.
Management stations execute management applications which monitor and
control managed elements. Managed elements are devices such as
hosts, routers, terminal servers, etc., which are monitored and
controlled via access to their management information.
The management protocol, version 2 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol [1], may be used over a variety of protocol suites. It is
the purpose of this document to define how the SNMPv2 maps onto an
initial set of transport domains. Other mappings may be defined in
the future.
Although several mappings are defined, the mapping onto UDP is the
preferred mapping. As such, to provide for the greatest level of
interoperability, systems which choose to deploy other mappings
should also provide for proxy service to the UDP mapping.
1.1. A Note on Terminology
For the purpose of exposition, the original Internet-standard Network
Management Framework, as described in RFCs 1155 (STD 16), 1157 (STD
15), and 1212 (STD 16), is termed the SNMP version 1 framework
(SNMPv1). The current framework is termed the SNMP version 2
framework (SNMPv2).
SNMPv2 Working Group Standards Track