SecurityRatty: Simple SNMP scans yield network data

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Simple SNMP scans yield network data

2008-03-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473a30 in Network World on Security

System administrators have long been wary of the security implications of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), but a recent experiment by "ethical hacking" group GNUCitizen has shown that many SNMP-enabled devices are left unguarded and may be prone to giving away sensitive information.