Re: SNMP read-only opens up... what?

[peter moody <peter () ucsc edu>]

you could get the product type, version information etc from certain
mibs.  you could tell how busy the site is, and from that infer how big
a pipe you've got.

There's a lot more.  I would snmp-walk the device and find out what it
tells you.

but I've got to ask, why would you make this information available at
all?


On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 10:44, lee.e.rian () census gov wrote:
> Say I configure a router with a read-only SNMP community of "public" and
> make it Internet accessible.  What vulnerabilities or information
> disclosure does that open up that would be better left closed?  A switch?
>
> Thanks,
> Lee

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Peter Moody                             <peter () ucsc edu>
InfoSec Administrator                   831/459.5409
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UC, Santa Cruz.
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