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INTERNET STANDARD (changed from DRAFT STANDARD)

Obsoletes:

RFC 5953

Updated by:

RFC 8996,RFC 9456

Author:

W. Hardaker

Stream:

IETF

Source:

isms (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6353

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Abstract

This document describes a Transport Model for the Simple NetworkManagement Protocol (SNMP), that uses either the Transport LayerSecurity protocol or the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)protocol. The TLS and DTLS protocols provide authentication andprivacy services for SNMP applications. This document describes howthe TLS Transport Model (TLSTM) implements the needed features of anSNMP Transport Subsystem to make this protection possible in aninteroperable way.

This Transport Model is designed to meet the security and operationalneeds of network administrators. It supports the sending of SNMPmessages over TLS/TCP and DTLS/UDP. The TLS mode can make use ofTCP's improved support for larger packet sizes and the DTLS modeprovides potentially superior operation in environments where aconnectionless (e.g., UDP) transport is preferred. Both TLS and DTLSintegrate well into existing public keying infrastructures.

This document also defines a portion of the Management InformationBase (MIB) for use with network management protocols. In particular,it defines objects for managing the TLS Transport Model for SNMP. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.