Despite some weird political manoeuverings in 1992 and thereabouts,
SNMPv2[3] has been proposed as a
replacement for SNMP. The SNMPv2 protocol adds:
Considerably extended communication model (parties, MIB views,
etc)
Security protocols: MD5 for authentication, time stamping of
messages, and even optional DES encryption of all messages.
A new Structure of Management Information (ie, a whole new
MIB), located at { internet SNMPv2(6) }
Communications between manager stations
get-bulk protocol operation - retrieves a large amount of
management information (like, a whole MIB!) in a single
transaction, minimising network overhead.
Backward compatability with SNMP
Nevertheless, SNMPv2 has been widely criticised for its higher
complexity, overhead, incompability with older MIBs, etc, etc.
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