Network Security Blog

Here basically snmp below 5.2 patch 9 there was an issue
where always snmp will stop responding
so this is a bug.
the work around for that is
we need to go into the linux mode and restart snmp services.
but every time we cannot restart the services

but questions comes after 5.2p9 i.e we are running in 5.5
in this there was a new term called cron

cron is a new feature introduced in 5.4 p1 above
where for every 1min it will check whether my snmp running or not
for ex if it is not running cron will automatically restart snmp process
will send coldstrap alert to solor winds(snmp server)
coldstrap is =restart of snmp=device reboot
now this nsg is sent to snmp server,we think it device reboot
now you can ask me another question
like what if my device really reboots services restarts
yes, there also another trap which sent to snmp server when services restarts