Security on the agent side

On the agent side, the Java Dynamic Management Kit default implementation provides community-based security over Access Control List (ACL) files.

The ACL file is the default access control mechanism in the SNMP protocol adaptor. However, you may replace this default implementation with your own specification. For example, if your agent runs on a device with no file system, you could implement a mechanism which does not rely on the jdmk.acl file, by registering your own custom implementation with the SNMP protocol adaptor.

As outlined above, PDU encryption is not provided by default. However, you may provide any kind of security via PDU encryption/filtering by registering your own implementation of the Snmp PDU factory with the SNMP protocol adaptor. An example of such a secure agent is provided with Java Dynamic Management Kit 4.1.