Re: SNMP to nmap?

[Matthew Franz <mdfranz () txdirect net>]

On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Emerson wrote:

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> At 05:46 PM 12/17/98 -0800, Michael Dodwell wrote:
> > Hey all,
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> > community name from "public" or "private" (which most doc's tell you
> to pick)
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> I don't know if this has been disscussedon this list before, but there
> is an excellent set of SNMP widgets for TCL/TK in the form of scotty's
> snmp widget set. SNMP is also scary because devices normally don't
> bother the record the number of failed attempts to get in. So you can
> effectively attempt to bruteforce a community string if you have the
> time and inclination.

snmpwalk and snmpget are two utilities that come with either the CMU or
UC-Davis implementations of SNMP and do a nice job of dumping the entire
MIB or retrieving specific variables.  Both utils (as well as nmap2.00)
and all sorts of other goodies are available in Trinux.

Personally I *don't* think SNMP should be included in nmap--it would be
added bloat considering the size of the mib--especially v2.

-mdf

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