Network Working Group J. Schoenwaelder Request for Comments: 3430 TU Braunschweig Category: Experimental December 2002 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Transport Mapping Status of this Memo This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This memo defines a transport mapping for using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) over TCP. The transport mapping can be used with any version of SNMP. This document extends the transport mappings defined in STD 62, RFC 3417. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. SNMP over TCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Serialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Well-Known Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3 Connection Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.4 Reliable Transport versus Confirmed Operations . . . . . . . . 4 3. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 A. Connection Establishment Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Schoenwaelder Experimental