topic Re: snmp strings in Wireless https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/snmp-strings/m-p/747992#M4012 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Gregg.</P><P></P><P>Typically, if you're not running snmp v3, there is no way to encrypt community strings in a config file.</P><P></P><P>If you're not running snmp v3, SNMP community strings are transmitted in clear-text when doing SNMP operations anyway, so obscuring it from a config isn't gaining you much. </P><P></P><P>That said, SNMP v3 is the way to go if this is a major concern.</P><P></P><P>HTH,</P><P>-Joe</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 May 2007 20:15:27 GMT jreekers 2007-05-03T20:15:27Z snmp strings https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/snmp-strings/m-p/747991#M4011 <P>Is there a way to "hide" the snmp community strings on a "sh configuration" Kind of the same function as password-encryption for passwords? Thanks,Gregg</P> Sat, 03 Jul 2021 21:01:30 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/snmp-strings/m-p/747991#M4011 gsellers 2021-07-03T21:01:30Z Re: snmp strings https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/snmp-strings/m-p/747992#M4012 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Gregg.</P><P></P><P>Typically, if you're not running snmp v3, there is no way to encrypt community strings in a config file.</P><P></P><P>If you're not running snmp v3, SNMP community strings are transmitted in clear-text when doing SNMP operations anyway, so obscuring it from a config isn't gaining you much. </P><P></P><P>That said, SNMP v3 is the way to go if this is a major concern.</P><P></P><P>HTH,</P><P>-Joe</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 May 2007 20:15:27 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/snmp-strings/m-p/747992#M4012 jreekers 2007-05-03T20:15:27Z