RFC 3417 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2002
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol
Overview
RFC 3417, “Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol”, is an Internet Standard document published in December 2002 by R. Presuhn. It obsoletes RFC 1906. It has since been updated by RFC 4789, RFC 5590. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines the transport of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages over various protocols. This document obsoletes RFC 1906. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Internet Standard” means
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 2002
- RFC 3416 Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 3418 Management Information Base for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 3415 View-based Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 3419 Textual Conventions for Transport Addresses
- RFC 3414 User-based Security Model for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 3420 Internet Media Type message/sipfrag
- RFC 3413 Simple Network Management Protocol Applications
- RFC 3421 Select and Sort Extensions for the Service Location Protocol