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Diffstat (limited to 'pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py b/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py index 13120a6d..e784eec8 100644 --- a/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py +++ b/pysnmp/hlapi/auth.py @@ -268,7 +268,9 @@ class UsmUserData(object): securityEngineId: :py:class:`~pysnmp.proto.rfc1902.OctetString` The snmpEngineID of the authoritative SNMP engine to which a dateRequest message is to be sent. Will be automatically - discovered from peer if not given. + discovered from peer if not given, unless localized keys + are used. In the latter case *securityEngineId* must be + specified. See :RFC:`3414#section-2.5.1` for technical explanation. @@ -304,6 +306,10 @@ class UsmUserData(object): * :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. |