SNMPv3 Training | Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 Training:

SNMPv3 Training or Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 Training Course with hands-on Exercises

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c both provide “community string” security, also called “Trivial Authentication”.  SNMPv3 offers significant improvements.  The SNMPv3 architecture incorporates new descriptions for SNMP Entities (Managers, Agents, Proxy Forwarders), updated message formats, and Standard MIBs used to configure access to Entities.  New features include User authentication using entity-shared secret keys, along with message time stamps; data secrecy using encryption; and control of user access to MIB information based on the need to know.

SNMPv3 messages can be sent at any of the following three levels of security:

• No Authentication and No Encryption. Also called “noAuth/noPriv”, “Priv” refers to Privacy.  Only a valid User Name is required to access data or to send a trap.

• Authentication and No Encryption are also called “Auth/noPriv”. The User must be authenticated as a valid user for the message to be accepted.  This is accomplished by sharing a secret key and using that key to produce a message hashed authentication code sent with each message.

• Authentication and Encryption are also called “Auth/Priv”. The User is authenticated and the data payload is encrypted using a second shared secret key.

SNMPv3’s View Access Control Model (VACM) is used to control access to specific MIB data. Individual users are configured into groups, and groups might have the following privileges.  Only Security Administrators can access the MIB data to configure SNMPv3 MIBs at remotely managed agents.  Microwave Engineers can control remote microwave radios, including the ability to reboot them if necessary.  The report generator group can access appropriate read-only data as needed.

This intensive, one-day SNMPv3 Training, the second of our three-course series on SNMP, outlines the new message formats, the SNMPv3 configuration MIBs and related RFCs, and describes the relationships.    It will help you understand the threats addressed by SNMPv3, and the methods used to counter those threats.

What’s Included?

• 1-2 days of SNMPv3 Training or Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 Training with an expert instructor
• SNMPv3 Training Electronic Course Guide
• Certificate of Completion
• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

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• If you are familiar with some aspects of SNMPv3 Training or Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 Training, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
• We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the SNMPv3 Training or Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 Training course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
• If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the SNMPv3 Training course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.

Aimed At

• IT professionals, engineers, tech and customer support representatives, marketing and sales personnel, and others responsible for SNMP deployment and management, agent development, and SNMP sales and support.

Prerequisites

Objectives:

After completing this SNMPv3 Training course, attendees will be able to:

• Explain the threats addressed by SNMPv3.
• Define the new SNMPv3 terminology.
• Describe the new SNMPv3 message structures.
• Configure Managers, Agents, and Proxy Forwarders for SNMPv3, and to also be able to communicate in SNMPv1 & SNMPv2c environments.

Course Outlines:

Threats Addressed by SNMPv3

Relationship of SNMPv3 to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c

SNMPv3 Architecture Descriptions

SNMPv3 Messages

• • Contents and structure
  • Relationships to the SNMPv3 security models

Security Details

• • User-Based Security Model (USM)
    • Users, groups, and security models
  • Message authentication and authentication keys
  • PDU (Protocol Data Unit) encryption
  • View-based Access Model (VACM)
  • Message timeliness checks
  • Security options

Configuration

• • SNMPv3 Configuration MIB Tables
  • Manager configuration
  • Agent configuration
  • Configuration to support SNMPv1 & SNMPv2c messaging
  • Proxy forwarders
  • Examples

Wrap-up: Course Recap, Q/A, and Evaluations

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