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RFC 3412: Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

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This document describes the Message Processing and Dispatching for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages within the SNMP architecture. It defines the procedures for dispatching potentially multiple versions of SNMP messages to the proper SNMP Message Processing Models, and for dispatching PDUs to SNMP applications. This document also describes one Message Processing Model - the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model. This document obsoletes RFC 2572. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC3412
Published
December 2002
Authors
J. Case; D. Harrington; R. Presuhn; B. Wijnen
Status
INTERNET STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
43
Also known as
STD62
Obsoletes:
RFC 2572
Updated by:
RFC 5590

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2262 (1998)
  2. RFC 2272 (1998)
  3. RFC 2572 (1999)
  4. RFC 3412 (2002)

Read the full history of Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) →

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