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Diffstat (limited to 'pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py b/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py index e784eec8..735d85df 100644 --- a/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py +++ b/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py @@ -305,11 +305,6 @@ class UsmUserData(object): * :py:class:`~pysnmp.hlapi.usmKeyTypeMaster` * :py:class:`~pysnmp.hlapi.usmKeyTypeLocalized` - - If `~pysnmp.hlapi.usmKeyTypeLocalized` is used, peer SNMP engine ID - discovery mechanism can't be leveraged for key localization, so - *securityEngineId* must be given by local configuration. - privKeyType: :py:class:`int` Type of `privKey` material. See :RFC:`3414#section-2.6` for technical explanation. @@ -320,6 +315,21 @@ class UsmUserData(object): * :py:class:`~pysnmp.hlapi.usmKeyTypeMaster` * :py:class:`~pysnmp.hlapi.usmKeyTypeLocalized` + Notes + ----- + If `~pysnmp.hlapi.usmKeyTypeLocalized` is used when running a + non-authoritative SNMP engine, USM key localization mechanism + is not invoked. As a consequence, local SNMP engine configuration + won't get automatically populated with remote SNMP engine's + *securityEngineId*. + + Therefore peer SNMP engine's *securityEngineId* must be added + to local configuration and associated with its localized keys. + + Alternatively, the magic *securityEngineId* value of five zeros + (*0x0000000000*) can be used to refer to the localized keys that + should be used with any unknown remote SNMP engine. This feature + is specific to pysnmp. Examples -------- |