SNMP Traffic Analysis: Approaches, Tools, and First Results

Jürgen Schönwälder; Aiko Pras; Matus Harvan; Jorrit Schippers; Remco van de Meent

doi:10.1109/INM.2007.374797

SNMP Traffic Analysis: Approaches, Tools, and First Results

Jürgen Schönwälder
, Aiko Pras
, Matus Harvan
, Jorrit Schippers
, Remco van de Meent

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Abstract

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is widely deployed to monitor, control, and configure network elements. Even though the SNMP technology is well documented and understood, it remains relatively unclear how SNMP is used in practice and what the typical SNMP usage patterns are. This paper discusses how to perform large-scale SNMP traffic measurements in order to develop a better understanding of how SNMP is used in production networks. The tools described in this paper have been applied to networks ranging from large national research networks to relatively small faculty networks. The goal of the research is to provide feedback to SNMP protocol developers within the IETF, researchers working within the context of the IRTF-NMRG, as well as other researchers interested in network management in general. We believe that the results are also valuable for operators and vendors who want to optimize their management interactions or understand the traffic generated by their management software.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 10th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	324-332
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	1-4244-0799-0 (CD)
ISBN (Print)	1-4244-0799-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INM.2007.374797
Publication status	Published - May 2007
Event	10th International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2007: Integrated Network Management: Moving From Bits to Business Value - Munich, Germany Duration: 1 May 2007 → 25 May 2007 Conference number: 10

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Name	Proceedings IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society Press
Number	10
Volume	2007
ISSN (Print)	1573-0077

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Conference	10th International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2007
Abbreviated title	IM
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	1/05/07 → 25/05/07

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Schönwälder, J., Pras, A., Harvan, M., Schippers, J., & van de Meent, R. (2007). SNMP Traffic Analysis: Approaches, Tools, and First Results. In 2007 10th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (pp. 324-332). (Proceedings IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management; Vol. 2007, No. 10). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/INM.2007.374797

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Schönwälder, J, Pras, A, Harvan, M, Schippers, J & van de Meent, R 2007, SNMP Traffic Analysis: Approaches, Tools, and First Results. in 2007 10th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management. Proceedings IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, no. 10, vol. 2007, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 324-332, 10th International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2007, Munich, Germany, 1/05/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/INM.2007.374797

SNMP Traffic Analysis: Approaches, Tools, and First Results. / Schönwälder, Jürgen; Pras, Aiko; Harvan, Matus et al.
2007 10th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2007. p. 324-332 (Proceedings IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management; Vol. 2007, No. 10).

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