Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 17: SNMPv3

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Section III: SNMPv3

6. In the Authentication Protocol field, enter an authentication protocol.

This is an optional parameter.

Select one of the following:

MD5
This value represents the MD5 authentication protocol. With this
selection, users (SNMP entities) are authenticated with the MD5
authentication protocol after a message is received. This algorithm
generates the message digest. The user is authenticated when the
authentication protocol checks the message digest. With the MD5
selection, you can configure a Privacy Protocol.

SHA
This value represents the SHA authentication protocol. With this
selection, users are authenticated with the SHA authentication
protocol after a message is received. This algorithm generates the
message digest. The user is authenticated when the authentication
protocol checks the message digest. With the SHA selection, you can
configure a Privacy Protocol.

None
This value represents no authentication protocol. When messages are
received, users are not authenticated. With the None selection, you
cannot configure a Privacy Protocol.

Note

You may want to assign NONE to a super user.

7. In the Authentication Password field, enter an authentication password

of up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

8. In the Confirm Authentication Password field, re-enter the

authentication password.

Note

If you have the nonencrypted version of the AT-S60 software, then
the Privacy Protocol field is read-only.

Note

You can only configure the Privacy Protocol if you have configured
the Authentication Protocol with the MD5 or SHA values.

9. In the Privacy Protocol field, enter one of the following options:

DES
Select this value to make the DES privacy (or encryption) protocol the

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