What types of SNMP v3 encryption does Spectrum support

Products

• Spectrum
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

What types of SNMP v3 encryption algorithms and ciphers does DX NetOps Spectrum support

Environment

DX NetOps Spectrum all currently supported releases

Resolution

Spectrum supports the following SNMP v3 encryption:

• DES   (default encryption)  Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a 64-bit standard that encrypts and decrypts data.
• 3DES  Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a 64-bit standard that encrypts and decrypts data three times.
• AES Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a 128-bit standard, cryptographic algorithm that encrypts and decrypts data.
• AES256 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES 256) is a 256-bit standard, cryptographic algorithm that encrypts and decrypts data.

The ciphers tested and supported for use by these algorithms in Spectrum are:

ETPKI_SYMMETRIC_KEY       /* symetric key */
ETPKI_KEY_DES             /* regular DES */
ETPKI_KEY_DES3            /* tripple DES */
ETPKI_CIPHER_MODE_CBC     /* cipher block chaining */
ETPKI_CIPHER_MODE_CFB     /* cipher feedback */
ETPKI_CIPHER_DES_CBC    
ETPKI_CIPHER_DES3_CBC   
ETPKI_CIPHER_AES_128_CBC 
ETPKI_CIPHER_AES_128_CFB 
ETPKI_KEY_AES_128         /* AES 128 */
ETPKI_CIPHER_AES_256_CBC 
ETPKI_CIPHER_AES_256_CFB 
ETPKI_KEY_AES_256         /* AES 256 */

 

Additional Information

Please reference the following section of the Spectrum TechDocs for more information.

TechDocs : DX NetOps Spectrum 25.4 : SNMPv3 Support