[Full-Disclosure] SNMP read-only opens up... what?

[Jason Stout]

Anything in the mib tree. It depends entirely on what information the
company provides in thier mibs. Standard host information can be found
in the mib-2 tree while vendor specific data which could be almost 
anything will be in the private->enterprises->company tree.

Your best bet is to use a mib walker program to browse from the top and
see whats available. And my advice is too not use public as your
community string.

Regards,
Jason Stout

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:44:04 -0400, lee.e.rian at census.gov wrote:

> 
> Say I configure a router with a read-only SNMP community of "public" and
> make it Internet accessible.  What vulnerabilities or information
> disclosure does that open up that would be better left closed?  A switch?
> 
> Thanks,
> Lee
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