SNMP v2

• SNMP v2 never really took off e.g. for the following reasons:

  • The new protocol is incompatible with SNMP v1
  • The security model is not a good one
  • The security mechanisms supported are weak
  • SNMP v2 does not address other important issues of network management, such as scalability

• SNMPv2 was in practice a failure and is not being used

• Yet there is a need for a new generation management protocol for the Internet

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