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Type: MINOR

Object ID

1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5.5

Description

This trap signifies that the SNMPv2 entity that is acting in an agent role, has received a protocol message that is not properly authenticated.

While all implementations of the SNMPv2 are capable of generating this trap, the snmpEnableAuthenTraps object indicates if this trap was generated.

Note: This trap is also applicable to SNMPv3. The SNMPv3 authenticationFailure trap is triggered when an SNMP request with a bad authentication password is received.

Repetition

Yes. Repeats each time a manager sends a request to an agent with an invalid community string.

Event Codes

None

Instance Fields

None
Action

Identify the offending source.

ImpactA large number of failures may indicate there is a login attack on the system.
ClearingManual