Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday advised users of its Windows server and client operating systems to disable the SNMP service if it is running because of a buffer overrun vulnerability in the ...

I need to add an entry to the SNMP server of 50+ servers. I'd rather not have to do this by hand, so what is the best way to do this. Specifically, in the SNMP Service, under Security, I need to add a ...

I have several Windows Server 2008 64-bit VMs that I monitor with MRTG. All of them are working except one - it doesn't respond to anything on port 161. Funny thing, initially it worked, and then ...

Microsoft Corp. made a patch available late last week to plug the security hole in Microsoft implementations of the SNMP service. After applying the patch, some users will not need to implement the ...

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...

The NimBUS for network monitoring solution provides an SNMP gateway that will transform NimBUS alarm messages to SNMP trap messages that are readable by any SNMP based event manager. Predefined SNMP ...

SNMP-based DDoS attacks spoofing Google’s public recursive DNS server have been spotted by the SANS Internet Storm Center. Update: The SANS Internet Storm Center this afternoon reported SNMP scans ...

Chances are you’ve heard about network protocol in the past but likely have little idea of what it is all about. For sure right now, we can say that there are different types of network protocols ...

Attackers are increasingly abusing devices configured to publicly respond to SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) requests over the Internet to amplify distributed denial-of-service attacks. This ...

Adam is the author of the AdamtheAutomator.com blog, and works as a Microsoft systems administrator specializing in the Microsoft System Center suite and PowerShell automation. SNMPv1, the original ...