RFC 3411 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2002

An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol Management Frameworks

Overview

RFC 3411, “An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol Management Frameworks”, is an Internet Standard document published in December 2002 by D. Harrington, R. Presuhn, B. Wijnen. It obsoletes RFC 2571. It has since been updated by RFC 5343, RFC 5590. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes an architecture for describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks. The architecture is designed to be modular to allow the evolution of the SNMP protocol standards over time. The major portions of the architecture are an SNMP engine containing a Message Processing Subsystem, a Security Subsystem and an Access Control Subsystem, and possibly multiple SNMP applications which provide specific functional processing of management data. This document obsoletes RFC 2571. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2571
Updated by
RFC 5343 RFC 5590
Other RFCs from 2002

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