[8587] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SNMP probers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil J. McRae)
Fri Apr 11 08:37:38 1997
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 13:28:14 +0100 (BST)
Cc: mmiller@cbis.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199704111057.LAA01861@diamond.xara.net> from "Lyndon Levesley" at Apr 11, 97 11:57:21 am
From: "Neil J. McRae" <neil@domino.org>
> If the probes are using a substantial amount of CPU inside the
> network, it may be cheaper (CPU-wise) to deny SNMP inbound on border
> routers...Bye Bye problem, Hello access-list log to automate email
> from ;)
Yup, thats exactly the right thing to do, my network drops all SNMP packets
at all transit and access points, mmm Ascend GRF :-)
Regards,
Neil.
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