cvs commit: src/etc snmpd.config

Harti Brandt hartmut.brandt at dlr.de
Tue Oct 31 11:28:36 UTC 2006


On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

BAZ>On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Hartmut Brandt wrote:
BAZ>
BAZ>> harti       2006-10-31 10:23:28 UTC
BAZ>> 
BAZ>>  FreeBSD src repository
BAZ>> 
BAZ>>  Modified files:
BAZ>>    etc                  snmpd.config
BAZ>>  Log:
BAZ>>  Bind to INADDR_ANY in the default configuration. This makes bsnmpd(1)
BAZ>>  automatically work on multi-homed hosts and without explicite
BAZ>> specification
BAZ>>  of the hostname in the config file.
BAZ>> 
BAZ>>  Submitted by:   jmg
BAZ>> 
BAZ>>  Revision  Changes    Path
BAZ>>  1.7       +1 -3      src/etc/snmpd.config
BAZ>
BAZ>haeh - I think what we (jmg, glebius and me) had agreed on on IRC was
BAZ>default bind should be on 'localhost' with a commented out sample
BAZ>for 0/0.  And the bogus$(host) should be dropped.

Well, if you've agreed, then you should probably commit it. Locks ok for 
me too.

BAZ>Binding to 0/0 by default just exposes bsnmpd to the world with a
BAZ>default secret if blindly enabled which is not a too good idea(tm).

Well, at least there is no write community set, so the amount of damage is 
limited. Also, normally SNMPv[12] should be firewalled. Of course, this 
does not help if you run SNMP on your firewall.

In any case, go ahead and commit.

harti


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