bsnmpd vs net-snmp

[Maxim Khitrov]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Steve Bertrand <steve at ibctech.ca> wrote:
> I see now what you are saying:
>
> # sockstat -l4
>
> root     bsnmpd     2857  5  udp4   *:*                   *:*
> root     bsnmpd     2857  6  udp4   127.0.0.1:161         *:*
> root     bsnmpd     2857  7  udp4   208.70.106.1:161      *:*
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a "*.*" in the local addr field before.
>
> Steve
>

Received a reply from the author:

"I think this is the socket that the snmp_mibII module opens to
communicate via ioctls with the network stack. It is unbound, so it
cannot and does not receive traffic. This should be no problem."

- Max