simple tool for generating SNMPv3 authkey & privkey

[Daniel Ng]

Hi,

I have a need to generate an authkey and privkey given a passphrase
and the authentication and encryption algos (ie. MD5/SHA, DES/AES).

The resultant keys can just be printed to stdout.

Does such a simple tool exist? If so, please point me to one.

Cheers,
Daniel

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[Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet]

Le mardi 05 octobre 2010 à 18:12 +1100, Daniel Ng a écrit :
> Hi,

Hi,

> I have a need to generate an authkey and privkey given a passphrase
> and the authentication and encryption algos (ie. MD5/SHA, DES/AES).
>
> The resultant keys can just be printed to stdout.
>
> Does such a simple tool exist? If so, please point me to one.

Did you've already tried snmpkey provided with Net::SNMP Perl module ?

http://search.cpan.org/~dtown/Net-SNMP-5.2.0/snmpkey.PL

Regards,

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Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet

[Daniel Ng]

>Did you've already tried snmpkey provided with Net::SNMP Perl module ?

>http://search.cpan.org/~dtown/Net-SNMP-5.2.0/snmpkey.PL

Fantastic! Thanks for your help Raphaël.

Cheers,
Daniel

[Dave Shield]

2010/10/5 Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet <sur...@debianfr.net>:

> Did you've already tried snmpkey provided with Net::SNMP Perl module ?
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~dtown/Net-SNMP-5.2.0/snmpkey.PL

Though remember that David's Net::SNMP module is not related to the
Net-SNMP project in any way (other than the subject matter, obviously!).

So when it talks about using the Net::SNMP session() constructor
(with arguments -privkey or -authkey), this assumes that you are using
the Net::SNMP module.
The equivalent elements of the Net-SNMP project perl module
(i.e. SNMP::Session) does not have the same API, and won't recognise
these options.

But of course, you can use David's module to query a Net-SNMP (or
any other) agent. That's perfectly valid.

Dave

[Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet]

Le mercredi 06 octobre 2010 à 10:51 +1100, Daniel Ng a écrit :
> >Did you've already tried snmpkey provided with Net::SNMP Perl module ?
>
> >http://search.cpan.org/~dtown/Net-SNMP-5.2.0/snmpkey.PL
>

> Fantastic! Thanks for your help Raphaël.

You're welcome.

I've a question : can you explain me your need about authkey and
privkey ? Did you have an example ?

What are advantages or drawbacks for using theses keys ?

Thanks,

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Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet