cvs commit: src/etc snmpd.config

Gleb Smirnoff glebius at FreeBSD.org
Wed Feb 8 05:06:03 PST 2006


On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 12:56:24PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
B> >On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 03:34:56PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
B> >>On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 12:06:30PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
B> >>C> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:55:03AM +0000, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
B> >>C> > glebius     2006-02-08 11:55:03 UTC
B> >>C> >
B> >>C> >   FreeBSD src repository
B> >>C> >
B> >>C> >   Modified files:
B> >>C> >     etc                  snmpd.config
B> >>C> >   Log:
B> >>C> >   The bar.com is an existing domain. Instead of trying to listen on
B> >>C> >   64.15.205.248 address, change host to "foobar". This won't be
B> >>C> >   resolvable in most cases, so administrator will need to change it.
B> >>C>
B> >>C> You still have bar.com in the contact field.
B> >>C>
B> >>C> This is what example.com is for.
B> >>
B> >>If you know correct usage of example.com, please correct this file. 
B> >>Thanks.
B> >
B> >Can do.  For the listening case, can we use 0.0.0.0 or anything similar?
B> 
B> No not 0.0.0.0. Make it 127.0.0.1. That still is problematic from
B> within jails but... Else you could use an IP out of 192.0.2.0/24
B> which is defined by RFC 3330 as TEST-NET for docs and sample code.

Still I'm insisting on 127.0.0.1 for trap host. An evil backbone ISP 
can route 192.0.2.0/24 to some evil box collecting traps from hundreds
of FreeBSD installations by lame sysadmins :)

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
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