Flexible Information Security Management

Smpl Ntwrk Mngmnt Prtcl (SNMP) s n ntrnt Stndrd prtcl fr cllctng nd rgnzng nfrmtn bt mngd dvcs n P ntwrks nd fr mdfyng tht nfrmtn t chng dvc bhvr. Dvcs tht typclly spprt SNMP ncld cbl mdms, rtrs, ntwrk swtchs, srvrs, wrksttns, prntrs, nd mr. SNMP s wdly sd n ntwrk mngmnt fr ntwrk mntrng. SNMP xpss mngmnt dt n th frm f vrbls n th mngd systms rgnzd n mngmnt nfrmtn bs (MB), whch dscrbs th systm stts nd cnfgrtn. Ths vrbls cn thn b rmtly qrd (nd, n sm crcmstncs, mnpltd) by mngng pplctns. Thr sgnfcnt vrsns f SNMP hv bn dvlpd nd dplyd. SNMPv1 s th rgnl vrsn f th prtcl. Mr rcnt vrsns, SNMPv2c nd SNMPv3, ftr mprvmnts n prfrmnc, flxblty nd scrty. SNMP s cmpnnt f th ntrnt Prtcl St s dfnd by th ntrnt ngnrng Tsk Frc (TF). t cnssts f st f stndrds fr ntwrk mngmnt, ncldng n pplctn lyr prtcl, dtbs schm, nd st f dt bjcts.