irishjd replied on Fri, Feb 26 2010 11:20 AM

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Any chance that SolarWinds products will be made available for Linux? The reason I ask is because of Microsoft's refusal to support SNMP v3. We are in a DoD environment, and SNMP v3 is an absolute must have. I have been asking MS, for years, when SNMP v3 would be included in Windows and I have never received a response. It looks like Linux is our only recourse.

TIA,

Jon

greg@solarwinds.net replied on Fri, Feb 26 2010 11:27 AM

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irish - I have seen many SNMPv3 agents for Windows, have you considered any of those?

HTH,

Greg

irishjd replied on Fri, Feb 26 2010 12:17 PM

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Yea, I have looked into that as well. The last time I checked though, none of them were on the Army's approved software list, and it is a Bear to get something new added.

Jon

macnugetz replied on Mon, Mar 1 2010 10:41 AM

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irishjd,

We have many Federal customers that are using Net-SNMP for Windows in order to use SNMP v3. 

-Craig

irishjd replied on Tue, Mar 2 2010 2:12 PM

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Interesting... I just went out to AKO and pulled the latest Army Approved Software list, and Net-SNMP is not on it. That means that Army orgs are not supposed to use it. According to this list, there are no approved products that give Windows SNMP v3 capabilities. You have to love it when you are told that you can only use "X", but there is not support for "X" in your environment, and no approved way to get support for "X".

sean.martinez replied on Tue, Mar 2 2010 3:18 PM

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I pulled the same document from ACERT, Net-SNMP was not on the list, nor was any of our software. I know for a fact Toolset comes with every VSAT that is sent out since Ft Gordon has a training class on how to use our Toolset.

Net-SNMP is what most DoD has been using, per IAVM Complience to use SNMPv3 encryption. Net-SNMP is the same Daemon that is on Linux as well.

My suggestion is to ask your IASO, IAM, or higher to see what they use, or seek your Commanders Approval.

denny.lecompte replied on Wed, Mar 3 2010 9:21 PM

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We will work on the SNMP v3 problem and see whether there are other good solutions beyond net-SNMP.  We are not, however, planning to do anytime soon.  Nothing against Linux, but part of how we keep our expenses (development, testing, and support) down is by limiting the number of operating systems we support.  More OS's means fewer functional features.  

irishjd replied on Thu, Mar 4 2010 9:54 AM

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Thanks Denny,

I completely understand.

Jon