Security considerations for SNMP

SNMP provides a means for managing the gateways, routers, and hosts in a network environment.

The system can act as a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent in a network. An SNMP agent gathers information about the system and performs functions that remote SNMP network managers request.

• Prevent SNMP access
  You can follow these instructions and prevent SNMP access to your system.
• Control SNMP access
  If you want to allow SNMP managers to access your system, you need to be aware of the following security issues.