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1 === IETF RFC Compliance ===
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3 SNMP4J / SNMP4J-Agent implements the following IETF RFCs:
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6 RFC #
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8 Title
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10 Coverage
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12 Versions (SNMP4J)
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14 |[[3410>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3410]]|Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
15 |[[3411>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3411]]|An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
16 |[[3412>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3412]]|Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
17 |[[3413>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3413]]|Simple Network Management Protocol Applications|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
18 |[[3414>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3414]]|User Based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
19 |[[3415>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3415]]|View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
20 |[[3416 >>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3416]]|Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
21 |[[3417 >>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3417]]|Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) |(% colspan="1" %)✅
22 UDP and TCP only|(% colspan="1" %)
23 |(% colspan="1" %)[[3418 >>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3418]]|(% colspan="1" %)Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) |(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
24 |(% colspan="1" %)[[3584>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3584]]|(% colspan="1" %)Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework |(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
25 |(% colspan="1" %)[[3826>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3826]] |(% colspan="1" %)The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User-based Security Model|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
26 |(% colspan="1" %)[[4088>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4088]]|(% colspan="1" %)Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Scheme for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)>= 2.2
27 |(% colspan="1" %)[[5343 >>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5343]]|(% colspan="1" %)Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Context EngineID Discovery|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)>= 2
28 |(% colspan="1" %)[[6353>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6353]]|(% colspan="1" %)Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)(((
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30 TLS 1.3
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32 DTLS
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34 ~>= 2 (TLS 1.2 with Java SE 8 or later)
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36 ~>= 3.0
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38 |(% colspan="1" %)[[5590 >>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5590]]|(% colspan="1" %)Transport Subsystem for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)>= 2
39 |(% colspan="1" %)[[5591>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5591]]|(% colspan="1" %)Transport Security Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)(((
40 ~>= 2
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42 CRL, OSCP revocation checking >= 3.6.0
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44 |(% colspan="1" %)[[5592 >>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5592]]|(% colspan="1" %)Secure Shell Transport Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
45 |(% colspan="1" %)[[7630>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7630]]|(% colspan="1" %)HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3|(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)>= 2.4
46 |(% colspan="1" %)[[draft-reeder-snmpv3-usm-3desede-00>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-reeder-snmpv3-usm-3desede-00]] |(% colspan="1" %)Extension to the User-Based Security Model (USM) to Support Triple-DES EDE in "Outside" CBC Mode |(% colspan="1" %)✅|(% colspan="1" %)
47 |(% colspan="1" %)[[draft-blumenthal-aes-usm-04>>url:http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-blumenthal-aes-usm-04]] |(% colspan="1" %)The AES Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP's User-based Security Model |(% colspan="1" %)✅ (AES 192 + 256)|(% colspan="1" %)
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49 SNMP4J-AgentX implements the follow IETF RFCs:
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52 RFC #
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58 Versions
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60 | 2741| Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1|✅ (TCP only)|(% colspan="1" %)
61 | 2742| Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents|✅|(% colspan="1" %)
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63 === FIPS 140-2 Compliance ===
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65 SNMP4J uses standard JCE hashing and encryption algorithms as provided through the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) as listed in the table below. Thus, by using a FIPS 140-2 certified JCE provider, SNMP4J becomes FIPS 140-2 compliant:
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68 Message Digest / Cipher Suite Name
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70 SNMP4J Class Name
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72 SNMPv3 Protocol
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74 Protocol Type
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76 |SHA-1|AuthSHA|SHA|Authentication
77 |MD5|AuthMD5|MD5|Authentication
78 |DES/CBC/NoPadding|PrivDES|DES|Privacy
79 |AES/CFB/NoPadding|PrivAES128
80 PrivAES192
81 PrivAES256
82 PrivAES192With3DESKeyExtension
83 PrivAES256With3DESKeyExtension|AES 128
84 AES 192
85 AES 256
86 (nonstandard)
87 (nonstandard)|Privacy
88 |DESede/CBC/NoPadding|Priv3DES|3DES|Privacy
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