snmp queries from client machines

[David Warner <dwarner01 () WESLEYAN EDU>]

I have a couple of student machines that seem to be doing a snmp get
on the OID for system name(1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0) with a community of
public.  They seem to be specifically querying the routers on the
resnet subnet. This generates an alarm on the routers but hasn't
affected anything else as far as I know. This seems to occur about
every 15 minutes.  Are there any know exploits or spyware that might
display a pattern like this?

David Warner, CCNA
Network Specialist

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