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8. Acknowledgements

8. Acknowledgements​

This document is the result of the efforts of the SNMPv3 Working Group. Some special thanks are in order to the following SNMPv3 WG members:

  • Harald Tveit Alvestrand (Maxware)
  • Dave Battle (SNMP Research, Inc.)
  • Alan Beard (Disney Worldwide Services)
  • Paul Berrevoets (SWI Systemware/Halcyon Inc.)
  • Martin Björklund (Ericsson)
  • Uri Blumenthal (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
  • Doug Book (Chipcom Corporation)
  • Kim Curran (Bell-Northern Research Ltd.)
  • Mike Daniele (Compaq Computer Corporation)
  • T. Max Devlin (Eltrax Systems)
  • John Flick (Hewlett Packard)
  • David Harrington (Cabletron Systems Inc.)
  • N.C. Hien (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
  • Dave Katz (Juniper Networks)
  • Alon Kantor (RADWARE)
  • Marius Kotsbak (Ericsson)
  • Bob Natale (ACE*COMM Corporation)
  • Mike O'Dell (UUNET Technologies Inc.)
  • Bob Stewart (Cisco Systems)
  • Juergen Schönwälder (TU Braunschweig)
  • Bert Wijnen (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, later Lucent Technologies)

The document is based on recommendations of the IETF's SNMPv3 Working Group. Without the hard work of WG members, this document would not exist. As co-chair of that working group, I would especially like to thank:

  • Russ Mundy (Network Associates Laboratories) for his work as co-chair
  • The document editors: Randy Presuhn (BMC Software), Bert Wijnen (Lucent Technologies), and David Harrington (Enterasys Networks)
  • All the WG participants for their dedication and willingness to compromise

Special thanks go to the following individuals who provided valuable input during the development of this architecture:

  • Jeff Case for his conceptual work on security architectures
  • Keith McCloghrie for his insights on Access Control
  • Glenn Waters for his work on coexistence
  • Dave Perkins for his early architectural ideas
  • Steve Waldbusser for his contributions to the application discussions

This document obsoletes RFC 2571. RFC 2571 was a product of the SNMPv3 Working Group and had the following authors and acknowledgements:

Original RFC 2571 Authors:

  • David Harrington (Cabletron Systems)
  • Randy Presuhn (BMC Software, Inc.)
  • Bert Wijnen (IBM T. J. Watson Research)

The working group would also like to thank the following people for their comments and suggestions:

  • Dave Battle (SNMP Research)
  • Uri Blumenthal (IBM)
  • Jeff Case (SNMP Research)
  • John Curran (BBN)
  • Mike Daniele (Compaq)
  • Rob Frye (MCI)
  • Lauren Heintz (Cisco Systems)
  • Keith McCloghrie (Cisco Systems)
  • Russ Mundy (Trusted Information Systems)
  • Bob Natale (ACE*COMM)
  • Dave Perkins (DeskTalk)
  • Randy Presuhn (BMC Software)
  • David Reid (SNMP Research)
  • Aleksey Romanov (Quality Quorum)
  • Juergen Schönwälder (TU Braunschweig)
  • Bob Stewart (Cisco Systems)
  • Bert Wijnen (IBM)

The previous iteration of SNMP security was documented in RFCs 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, and 1356. The ideas and concepts from those documents influenced this work.

Finally, the editors would like to thank the IESG and the RFC Editor for their patience and thorough review of this document.

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