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Network Working Group J. Case Request for Comments: 3412 SNMP Research, Inc. STD: 62 D. Harrington Obsoletes: 2572 Enterasys Networks Category: Standards Track R. Presuhn BMC Software, Inc. B. Wijnen Lucent Technologies December 2002 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document describes the Message Processing and Dispatching for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages within the SNMP architecture. It defines the procedures for dispatching potentially multiple versions of SNMP messages to the proper SNMP Message Processing Models, and for dispatching PDUs to SNMP applications. This document also describes one Message Processing Model - the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model. This document obsoletes RFC 2572. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................ 3 2. Overview .................................................... 4 2.1. The Dispatcher ............................................ 5 2.2. Message Processing Subsystem .............................. 5 3. Elements of Message Processing and Dispatching .............. 6 3.1. messageProcessingModel .................................... 6 3.2. pduVersion ................................................ 6 3.3. pduType ................................................... 7 3.4. sendPduHandle ............................................. 7 4. Dispatcher Elements of Procedure ............................ 7 4.1. Sending an SNMP Message to the Network .................... 7 4.1.1. Sending a Request or Notification ....................... 8 4.1.2. Sending a Response to the Network ....................... 9 4.2. Receiving an SNMP Message from the Network ................ 11 4.2.1. Message Dispatching of received SNMP Messages ........... 11 4.2.2. PDU Dispatching for Incoming Messages ................... 12 4.2.2.1. Incoming Requests and Notifications ................... 13 4.2.2.2. Incoming Responses .................................... 14 4.3. Application Registration for Handling PDU types ........... 15 4.4. Application Unregistration for Handling PDU Types ......... 16 5. Definitions ................................................. 16 5.1. Definitions for SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching ... 16 6. The SNMPv3 Message Format ................................... 19 6.1. msgVersion ................................................ 20 6.2. msgID ..................................................... 20 6.3. msgMaxSize ................................................ 21 6.4. msgFlags .................................................. 21 6.5. msgSecurityModel .......................................... 24 6.6. msgSecurityParameters ..................................... 24 6.7. scopedPduData ............................................. 24 6.8. scopedPDU ................................................. 24 6.8.1. contextEngineID ......................................... 24 6.8.2. contextName ............................................. 25 6.8.3. data .................................................... 25 7. Elements of Procedure for v3MP .............................. 25 7.1. Prepare an Outgoing SNMP Message .......................... 26 7.2. Prepare Data Elements from an Incoming SNMP Message ....... 32 8. Intellectual Property ....................................... 37 9. Acknowledgements ............................................ 38 10. Security Considerations .................................... 39 11. References ................................................. 40 11.1. Normative References ..................................... 40 11.2. Informative References ................................... 41 12. Editors' Addresses ......................................... 42 13. Full Copyright Statement ................................... 43 Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 2] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 1. Introduction The Architecture for describing Internet Management Frameworks [RFC3411] describes that an SNMP engine is composed of: 1) a Dispatcher 2) a Message Processing Subsystem, 3) a Security Subsystem, and 4) an Access Control Subsystem. Applications make use of the services of these subsystems. It is important to understand the SNMP architecture and its terminology to understand where the Message Processing Subsystem and Dispatcher described in this document fit into the architecture and interact with other subsystems within the architecture. The reader is expected to have read and understood the description of the SNMP architecture, defined in [RFC3411]. The Dispatcher in the SNMP engine sends and receives SNMP messages. It also dispatches SNMP PDUs to SNMP applications. When an SNMP message needs to be prepared or when data needs to be extracted from an SNMP message, the Dispatcher delegates these tasks to a message version-specific Message Processing Model within the Message Processing Subsystem. A Message Processing Model is responsible for processing an SNMP version-specific message and for coordinating the interaction with the Security Subsystem to ensure proper security is applied to the SNMP message being handled. Interactions between the Dispatcher, the Message Processing Subsystem, and applications are modeled using abstract data elements and abstract service interface primitives defined by the SNMP architecture. Similarly, interactions between the Message Processing Subsystem and the Security Subsystem are modeled using abstract data elements and abstract service interface primitives as defined by the SNMP architecture. The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 3] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 2. Overview The following illustration depicts the Message Processing in relation to SNMP applications, the Security Subsystem and Transport Mappings. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SNMP Entity | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Applications | | | | +-----------+ +--------------+ | | | | | Command | | Notification | | | | | | Generator | | Originator | +-----------+ +--------------+| | | | +-----------+ +--------------+ | Proxy | | Other || | | | +-----------+ +--------------+ | Forwarder | |Application(s)|| | | | | Command | | Notification | +-----------+ +--------------+| | | | | Responder | | Receiver | | | | | +-----------+ +--------------+ | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | | | | | v v v v | | +--------+-------+---------------+-----------+ | | ^ | | | +---------------------+ +-----------------+ | | | | Message Processing | | Security | | | Dispatcher v | Subsystem | | Subsystem | | | +------------------+ | +------------+ | | | | | | PDU Dispatcher | | +->| v1MP * |<--->| +-------------+ | | | | | | | +------------+ | | | Other | | | | | | | | +------------+ | | | Security | | | | | | | +->| v2cMP * |<--->| | Model | | | | | Message | | | +------------+ | | +-------------+ | | | | Dispatcher <-------->+ | | | | | | | | | +------------+ | | +-------------+ | | | | | | +->| v3MP * |<--->| | User-based | | | | | Transport | | | +------------+ | | | Security | | | | | Mapping | | | +------------+ | | | Model | | | | | (e.g., RFC 3417) | | +->| otherMP * |<--->| +-------------+ | | | +------------------+ | +------------+ | | | | | ^ +---------------------+ +-----------------+ | | | | +----------|--------------------------------------------------------+ v +------------------+ | Network | * One or more models may be present. +------------------+ Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 4] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 2.1. The Dispatcher The Dispatcher is a key piece of an SNMP engine. There is only one in an SNMP engine, and its job is to dispatch tasks to the multiple version-specific Message Processing Models, and to dispatch PDUs to various applications. For outgoing messages, an application provides a PDU to be sent, plus the data needed to prepare and send the message, and the application specifies which version-specific Message Processing Model will be used to prepare the message with the desired security processing. Once the message is prepared, the Dispatcher sends the message. For incoming messages, the Dispatcher determines the SNMP version of the incoming message and passes the message to the version-specific Message Processing Model to extract the components of the message and to coordinate the processing of security services for the message. After version-specific processing, the PDU Dispatcher determines which application, if any, should receive the PDU for processing and forwards it accordingly. The Dispatcher, while sending and receiving SNMP messages, collects statistics about SNMP messages and the behavior of the SNMP engine in managed objects to make them accessible to remote SNMP entities. This document defines these managed objects, the MIB module which contains them, and how these managed objects might be used to provide useful management. 2.2. Message Processing Subsystem The SNMP Message Processing Subsystem is the part of an SNMP engine which interacts with the Dispatcher to handle the version-specific SNMP messages. It contains one or more Message Processing Models. This document describes one Message Processing Model, the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model, in Section 6. The SNMPv3 Message Processing Model is defined in a separate section to show that multiple (independent) Message Processing Models can exist at the same time and that such Models can be described in different documents. The SNMPv3 Message Processing Model can be replaced or supplemented with other Message Processing Models in the future. Two Message Processing Models which are expected to be developed in the future are the SNMPv1 message format [RFC1157] and the SNMPv2c message format [RFC1901]. Others may be developed as needed. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 5] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 3. Elements of Message Processing and Dispatching See [RFC3411] for the definitions of: contextEngineID contextName scopedPDU maxSizeResponseScopedPDU securityModel securityName securityLevel messageProcessingModel For incoming messages, a version-specific message processing module provides these values to the Dispatcher. For outgoing messages, an application provides these values to the Dispatcher. For some version-specific processing, the values may be extracted from received messages; for other versions, the values may be determined by algorithm, or by an implementation-defined mechanism. The mechanism by which the value is determined is irrelevant to the Dispatcher. The following additional or expanded definitions are for use within the Dispatcher. 3.1. messageProcessingModel The value of messageProcessingModel identifies a Message Processing Model. A Message Processing Model describes the version-specific procedures for extracting data from messages, generating messages, calling upon a securityModel to apply its security services to messages, for converting data from a version-specific message format into a generic format usable by the Dispatcher, and for converting data from Dispatcher format into a version-specific message format. 3.2. pduVersion The value of pduVersion represents a specific version of protocol operation and its associated PDU formats, such as SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 [RFC3416]. The values of pduVersion are specific to the version of the PDU contained in a message, and the PDUs processed by applications. The Dispatcher does not use the value of pduVersion directly. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 6] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 An application specifies the pduVersion when it requests the PDU Dispatcher to send a PDU to another SNMP engine. The Dispatcher passes the pduVersion to a Message Processing Model, so it knows how to handle the PDU properly. For incoming messages, the pduVersion is provided to the Dispatcher by a version-specific Message Processing module. The PDU Dispatcher passes the pduVersion to the application so it knows how to handle the PDU properly. For example, a command responder application needs to know whether to use [RFC3416] elements of procedure and syntax instead of those specified for SNMPv1. 3.3. pduType A value of the pduType represents a specific type of protocol operation. The values of the pduType are specific to the version of the PDU contained in a message. Applications register to support particular pduTypes for particular contextEngineIDs. For incoming messages, pduType is provided to the Dispatcher by a version-specific Message Processing module. It is subsequently used to dispatch the PDU to the application which registered for the pduType for the contextEngineID of the associated scopedPDU. 3.4. sendPduHandle This handle is generated for coordinating the processing of requests and responses between the SNMP engine and an application. The handle must be unique across all version-specific Message Processing Models, and is of local significance only. 4. Dispatcher Elements of Procedure This section describes the procedures followed by the Dispatcher when generating and processing SNMP messages. 4.1. Sending an SNMP Message to the Network This section describes the procedure followed by an SNMP engine whenever it sends an SNMP message. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 7] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4.1.1. Sending a Request or Notification The following procedures are followed by the Dispatcher when an application wants to send an SNMP PDU to another (remote) application, i.e., to initiate a communication by originating a message, such as one containing a request or a notification. 1) The application requests this using the abstract service primitive: statusInformation = -- sendPduHandle if success -- errorIndication if failure sendPdu( IN transportDomain -- transport domain to be used IN transportAddress -- destination network address IN messageProcessingModel -- typically, SNMP version IN securityModel -- Security Model to use IN securityName -- on behalf of this principal IN securityLevel -- Level of Security requested IN contextEngineID -- data from/at this entity IN contextName -- data from/in this context IN pduVersion -- the version of the PDU IN PDU -- SNMP Protocol Data Unit IN expectResponse -- TRUE or FALSE ) 2) If the messageProcessingModel value does not represent a Message Processing Model known to the Dispatcher, then an errorIndication (implementation-dependent) is returned to the calling application. No further processing is performed. 3) The Dispatcher generates a sendPduHandle to coordinate subsequent processing. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 8] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4) The Message Dispatcher sends the request to the version-specific Message Processing module identified by messageProcessingModel using the abstract service primitive: statusInformation = -- success or error indication prepareOutgoingMessage( IN transportDomain -- as specified by application IN transportAddress -- as specified by application IN messageProcessingModel -- as specified by application IN securityModel -- as specified by application IN securityName -- as specified by application IN securityLevel -- as specified by application IN contextEngineID -- as specified by application IN contextName -- as specified by application IN pduVersion -- as specified by application IN PDU -- as specified by application IN expectResponse -- as specified by application IN sendPduHandle -- as determined in step 3. OUT destTransportDomain -- destination transport domain OUT destTransportAddress -- destination transport address OUT outgoingMessage -- the message to send OUT outgoingMessageLength -- the message length ) 5) If the statusInformation indicates an error, the errorIndication is returned to the calling application. No further processing is performed. 6) If the statusInformation indicates success, the sendPduHandle is returned to the application, and the outgoingMessage is sent. The transport used to send the outgoingMessage is returned via destTransportDomain, and the address to which it was sent is returned via destTransportAddress. Outgoing Message Processing is complete. 4.1.2. Sending a Response to the Network The following procedure is followed when an application wants to return a response back to the originator of an SNMP Request. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 9] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 1) An application can request this using the abstract service primitive: result = returnResponsePdu( IN messageProcessingModel -- typically, SNMP version IN securityModel -- Security Model in use IN securityName -- on behalf of this principal IN securityLevel -- same as on incoming request IN contextEngineID -- data from/at this SNMP entity IN contextName -- data from/in this context IN pduVersion -- the version of the PDU IN PDU -- SNMP Protocol Data Unit IN maxSizeResponseScopedPDU -- maximum size of Response PDU IN stateReference -- reference to state information -- as presented with the request IN statusInformation -- success or errorIndication ) -- (error counter OID and value -- when errorIndication) 2) The Message Dispatcher sends the request to the appropriate Message Processing Model indicated by the received value of messageProcessingModel using the abstract service primitive: result = -- SUCCESS or errorIndication prepareResponseMessage( IN messageProcessingModel -- specified by application IN securityModel -- specified by application IN securityName -- specified by application IN securityLevel -- specified by application IN contextEngineID -- specified by application IN contextName -- specified by application IN pduVersion -- specified by application IN PDU -- specified by application IN maxSizeResponseScopedPDU -- specified by application IN stateReference -- specified by application IN statusInformation -- specified by application OUT destTransportDomain -- destination transport domain OUT destTransportAddress -- destination transport address OUT outgoingMessage -- the message to send OUT outgoingMessageLength -- the message length ) 3) If the result is an errorIndication, the errorIndication is returned to the calling application. No further processing is performed. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 10] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4) If the result is success, the outgoingMessage is sent. The transport used to send the outgoingMessage is returned via destTransportDomain, and the address to which it was sent is returned via destTransportAddress. Message Processing is complete. 4.2. Receiving an SNMP Message from the Network This section describes the procedure followed by an SNMP engine whenever it receives an SNMP message. Please note, that for the sake of clarity and to prevent the text from being even longer and more complicated, some details were omitted from the steps below. In particular, the elements of procedure do not always explicitly indicate when state information needs to be released. The general rule is that if state information is available when a message is to be "discarded without further processing", then the state information must also be released at that same time. 4.2.1. Message Dispatching of received SNMP Messages 1) The snmpInPkts counter [RFC3418] is incremented. 2) The version of the SNMP message is determined in an implementation-dependent manner. If the packet cannot be sufficiently parsed to determine the version of the SNMP message, then the snmpInASNParseErrs [RFC3418] counter is incremented, and the message is discarded without further processing. If the version is not supported, then the snmpInBadVersions [RFC3418] counter is incremented, and the message is discarded without further processing. 3) The origin transportDomain and origin transportAddress are determined. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 11] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4) The message is passed to the version-specific Message Processing Model which returns the abstract data elements required by the Dispatcher. This is performed using the abstract service primitive: result = -- SUCCESS or errorIndication prepareDataElements( IN transportDomain -- origin as determined in step 3. IN transportAddress -- origin as determined in step 3. IN wholeMsg -- as received from the network IN wholeMsgLength -- as received from the network OUT messageProcessingModel -- typically, SNMP version OUT securityModel -- Security Model specified OUT securityName -- on behalf of this principal OUT securityLevel -- Level of Security specified OUT contextEngineID -- data from/at this entity OUT contextName -- data from/in this context OUT pduVersion -- the version of the PDU OUT PDU -- SNMP Protocol Data Unit OUT pduType -- SNMP PDU type OUT sendPduHandle -- handle for a matched request OUT maxSizeResponseScopedPDU -- maximum size of Response PDU OUT statusInformation -- success or errorIndication -- (error counter OID and value -- when errorIndication) OUT stateReference -- reference to state information -- to be used for a possible ) -- Response 5) If the result is a FAILURE errorIndication, the message is discarded without further processing. 6) At this point, the abstract data elements have been prepared and processing continues as described in Section 4.2.2, PDU Dispatching for Incoming Messages. 4.2.2. PDU Dispatching for Incoming Messages The elements of procedure for the dispatching of PDUs depends on the value of sendPduHandle. If the value of sendPduHandle is <none>, then this is a request or notification and the procedures specified in Section 4.2.2.1 apply. If the value of snmpPduHandle is not <none>, then this is a response and the procedures specified in Section 4.2.2.2 apply. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 12] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4.2.2.1. Incoming Requests and Notifications The following procedures are followed for the dispatching of PDUs when the value of sendPduHandle is <none>, indicating this is a request or notification. 1) The combination of contextEngineID and pduType is used to determine which application has registered for this request or notification. 2) If no application has registered for the combination, then: a) The snmpUnknownPDUHandlers counter is incremented. b) A Response message is generated using the abstract service primitive: result = -- SUCCESS or FAILURE prepareResponseMessage( IN messageProcessingModel -- as provided by MP module IN securityModel -- as provided by MP module IN securityName -- as provided by MP module IN securityLevel -- as provided by MP module IN contextEngineID -- as provided by MP module IN contextName -- as provided by MP module IN pduVersion -- as provided by MP module IN PDU -- as provided by MP module IN maxSizeResponseScopedPDU -- as provided by MP module IN stateReference -- as provided by MP module IN statusInformation -- errorIndication plus -- snmpUnknownPDUHandlers OID -- value pair. OUT destTransportDomain -- destination transportDomain OUT destTransportAddress -- destination transportAddress OUT outgoingMessage -- the message to send OUT outgoingMessageLength -- its length ) c) If the result is SUCCESS, then the prepared message is sent to the originator of the request as identified by the transportDomain and transportAddress. The transport used to send the outgoingMessage is returned via destTransportDomain, and the address to which it was sent is returned via destTransportAddress. d) The incoming message is discarded without further processing. Message Processing for this message is complete. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 13] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 3) The PDU is dispatched to the application, using the abstract service primitive: processPdu( -- process Request/Notification IN messageProcessingModel -- as provided by MP module IN securityModel -- as provided by MP module IN securityName -- as provided by MP module IN securityLevel -- as provided by MP module IN contextEngineID -- as provided by MP module IN contextName -- as provided by MP module IN pduVersion -- as provided by MP module IN PDU -- as provided by MP module IN maxSizeResponseScopedPDU -- as provided by MP module IN stateReference -- as provided by MP module -- needed when sending response ) Message processing for this message is complete. 4.2.2.2. Incoming Responses The following procedures are followed for the dispatching of PDUs when the value of sendPduHandle is not <none>, indicating this is a response. 1) The value of sendPduHandle is used to determine, in an implementation-defined manner, which application is waiting for a response associated with this sendPduHandle. 2) If no waiting application is found, the message is discarded without further processing, and the stateReference is released. The snmpUnknownPDUHandlers counter is incremented. Message Processing is complete for this message. 3) Any cached information, including stateReference, about the message is discarded. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 14] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4) The response is dispatched to the application using the abstract service primitive: processResponsePdu( -- process Response PDU IN messageProcessingModel -- provided by the MP module IN securityModel -- provided by the MP module IN securityName -- provided by the MP module IN securityLevel -- provided by the MP module IN contextEngineID -- provided by the MP module IN contextName -- provided by the MP module IN pduVersion -- provided by the MP module IN PDU -- provided by the MP module IN statusInformation -- provided by the MP module IN sendPduHandle -- provided by the MP module ) Message Processing is complete for this message. 4.3. Application Registration for Handling PDU types Applications that want to process certain PDUs must register with the PDU Dispatcher. Applications specify the combination of contextEngineID and pduType(s) for which they want to take responsibility. 1) An application registers according to the abstract interface primitive: statusInformation = -- success or errorIndication registerContextEngineID( IN contextEngineID -- take responsibility for this one IN pduType -- the pduType(s) to be registered ) Note: Implementations may provide a means of requesting registration for simultaneous multiple contextEngineID values, e.g., all contextEngineID values, and may also provide a means for requesting simultaneous registration for multiple values of the pduType. 2) The parameters may be checked for validity; if they are not, then an errorIndication (invalidParameter) is returned to the application. 3) Each combination of contextEngineID and pduType can be registered only once. If another application has already registered for the specified combination, then an errorIndication (alreadyRegistered) is returned to the application. Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 15] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 4) Otherwise, the registration is saved so that SNMP PDUs can be dispatched to this application. 4.4. Application Unregistration for Handling PDU Types Applications that no longer want to process certain PDUs must unregister with the PDU Dispatcher. 1) An application unregisters using the abstract service primitive: unregisterContextEngineID( IN contextEngineID -- give up responsibility for this IN pduType -- the pduType(s) to be unregistered ) Note: Implementations may provide a means for requesting the unregistration for simultaneous multiple contextEngineID values, e.g., all contextEngineID values, and may also provide a means for requesting simultaneous unregistration for multiple values of pduType. 2) If the contextEngineID and pduType combination has been registered, then the registration is deleted. If no such registration exists, then the request is ignored. 5. Definitions 5.1. Definitions for SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching SNMP-MPD-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP FROM SNMPv2-CONF MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, snmpModules, Counter32 FROM SNMPv2-SMI; snmpMPDMIB MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "200210140000Z" ORGANIZATION "SNMPv3 Working Group" CONTACT-INFO "WG-EMail: snmpv3@lists.tislabs.com Subscribe: snmpv3-request@lists.tislabs.com Co-Chair: Russ Mundy Network Associates Laboratories postal: 15204 Omega Drive, Suite 300 Rockville, MD 20850-4601 USA Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 16] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 EMail: mundy@tislabs.com phone: +1 301-947-7107 Co-Chair & Co-editor: David Harrington Enterasys Networks postal: 35 Industrial Way P. O. Box 5005 Rochester NH 03866-5005 USA EMail: dbh@enterasys.com phone: +1 603-337-2614 Co-editor: Jeffrey Case SNMP Research, Inc. postal: 3001 Kimberlin Heights Road Knoxville, TN 37920-9716 USA EMail: case@snmp.com phone: +1 423-573-1434 Co-editor: Randy Presuhn BMC Software, Inc. postal: 2141 North First Street San Jose, CA 95131 USA EMail: randy_presuhn@bmc.com phone: +1 408-546-1006 Co-editor: Bert Wijnen Lucent Technologies postal: Schagen 33 3461 GL Linschoten Netherlands EMail: bwijnen@lucent.com phone: +31 348-680-485 " DESCRIPTION "The MIB for Message Processing and Dispatching Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). This version of this MIB module is part of RFC 3412; see the RFC itself for full legal notices. " REVISION "200210140000Z" -- 14 October 2002 DESCRIPTION "Updated addresses, published as RFC 3412." REVISION "199905041636Z" -- 4 May 1999 DESCRIPTION "Updated addresses, published as RFC 2572." Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 17] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 REVISION "199709300000Z" -- 30 September 1997 DESCRIPTION "Original version, published as RFC 2272." ::= { snmpModules 11 } -- Administrative assignments *************************************** snmpMPDAdmin OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { snmpMPDMIB 1 } snmpMPDMIBObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { snmpMPDMIB 2 } snmpMPDMIBConformance OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { snmpMPDMIB 3 } -- Statistics for SNMP Messages ************************************* snmpMPDStats OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { snmpMPDMIBObjects 1 } snmpUnknownSecurityModels OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The total number of packets received by the SNMP engine which were dropped because they referenced a securityModel that was not known to or supported by the SNMP engine. " ::= { snmpMPDStats 1 } snmpInvalidMsgs OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The total number of packets received by the SNMP engine which were dropped because there were invalid or inconsistent components in the SNMP message. " ::= { snmpMPDStats 2 } snmpUnknownPDUHandlers OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Counter32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The total number of packets received by the SNMP engine which were dropped because the PDU contained in the packet could not be passed to an application responsible for handling the pduType, e.g. no SNMP application had registered for the proper combination of the contextEngineID and the pduType. " ::= { snmpMPDStats 3 } Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 18] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 -- Conformance information ****************************************** snmpMPDMIBCompliances OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {snmpMPDMIBConformance 1} snmpMPDMIBGroups OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {snmpMPDMIBConformance 2} -- Compliance statements snmpMPDCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The compliance statement for SNMP entities which implement the SNMP-MPD-MIB. " MODULE -- this module MANDATORY-GROUPS { snmpMPDGroup } ::= { snmpMPDMIBCompliances 1 } snmpMPDGroup OBJECT-GROUP OBJECTS { snmpUnknownSecurityModels, snmpInvalidMsgs, snmpUnknownPDUHandlers } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "A collection of objects providing for remote monitoring of the SNMP Message Processing and Dispatching process. " ::= { snmpMPDMIBGroups 1 } END 6. The SNMPv3 Message Format This section defines the SNMPv3 message format and the corresponding SNMP version 3 Message Processing Model (v3MP). SNMPv3MessageSyntax DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS ::= BEGIN SNMPv3Message ::= SEQUENCE { -- identify the layout of the SNMPv3Message -- this element is in same position as in SNMPv1 -- and SNMPv2c, allowing recognition -- the value 3 is used for snmpv3 msgVersion INTEGER ( 0 .. 2147483647 ), -- administrative parameters msgGlobalData HeaderData, -- security model-specific parameters -- format defined by Security Model Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 19] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 msgSecurityParameters OCTET STRING, msgData ScopedPduData } HeaderData ::= SEQUENCE { msgID INTEGER (0..2147483647), msgMaxSize INTEGER (484..2147483647), msgFlags OCTET STRING (SIZE(1)), -- .... ...1 authFlag -- .... ..1. privFlag -- .... .1.. reportableFlag -- Please observe: -- .... ..00 is OK, means noAuthNoPriv -- .... ..01 is OK, means authNoPriv -- .... ..10 reserved, MUST NOT be used. -- .... ..11 is OK, means authPriv msgSecurityModel INTEGER (1..2147483647) } ScopedPduData ::= CHOICE { plaintext ScopedPDU, encryptedPDU OCTET STRING -- encrypted scopedPDU value } ScopedPDU ::= SEQUENCE { contextEngineID OCTET STRING, contextName OCTET STRING, data ANY -- e.g., PDUs as defined in [RFC3416] } END 6.1. msgVersion The msgVersion field is set to snmpv3(3) and identifies the message as an SNMP version 3 Message. 6.2. msgID The msgID is used between two SNMP entities to coordinate request messages and responses, and by the v3MP to coordinate the processing of the message by different subsystem models within the architecture. Values for msgID SHOULD be generated in a manner that avoids re-use of any outstanding values. Doing so provides protection against some replay attacks. One possible implementation strategy would be to use the low-order bits of snmpEngineBoots [RFC3411] as the high-order Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 20] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 portion of the msgID value and a monotonically increasing integer for the low-order portion of msgID. Note that the request-id in a PDU may be used by SNMP applications to identify the PDU; the msgID is used by the engine to identify the message which carries a PDU. The engine needs to identify the message even if decryption of the PDU (and request-id) fails. No assumption should be made that the value of the msgID and the value of the request-id are equivalent. The value of the msgID field for a response takes the value of the msgID field from the message to which it is a response. By use of the msgID value, an engine can distinguish the (potentially multiple) outstanding requests, and thereby correlate incoming responses with outstanding requests. In cases where an unreliable datagram service is used, the msgID also provides a simple means of identifying messages duplicated by the network. If a request is retransmitted, a new msgID value SHOULD be used for each retransmission. 6.3. msgMaxSize The msgMaxSize field of the message conveys the maximum message size supported by the sender of the message, i.e., the maximum message size that the sender can accept when another SNMP engine sends an SNMP message (be it a response or any other message) to the sender of this message on the transport in use for this message. When an SNMP message is being generated, the msgMaxSize is provided by the SNMP engine which generates the message. At the receiving SNMP engine, the msgMaxSize is used to determine the maximum message size the sender can accommodate. 6.4. msgFlags The msgFlags field of the message contains several bit fields which control processing of the message. The reportableFlag is a secondary aid in determining whether a Report PDU MUST be sent. It is only used in cases where the PDU portion of a message cannot be decoded, due to, for example, an incorrect encryption key. If the PDU can be decoded, the PDU type forms the basis for decisions on sending Report PDUs. When the reportableFlag is used, if its value is one, a Report PDU MUST be returned to the sender under those conditions which can cause the generation of Report PDUs. Similarly, when the reportableFlag is used and its value is zero, then a Report PDU MUST NOT be sent. The reportableFlag MUST always be zero when the message contains a PDU Case, et al. Standards Track [Page 21] RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP December 2002 from the Unconfirmed Class, such as a Report PDU, a response-type PDU (such as a Response PDU), or an unacknowledged notification-type PDU (such as an SNMPv2-trap PDU). The reportableFlag MUST always be one for a PDU from the Confirmed Class, including request-type PDUs (such as a Get PDU) and acknowledged notification-type PDUs (such as an Inform PDU). If the reportableFlag is set to one for a message containing a PDU from the Unconfirmed Class, such as a Report PDU, a response-type PDU (such as a Response PDU), or an unacknowledged notification-type PDU (such as an SNMPv2-trap PDU), then the receiver of that message MUST process it as though the reportableFlag had been set to zero. If the reportableFlag is set to zero for a message containing a request-type PDU (such as a Get PDU) or an acknowledged notification-type PDU (such as an Inform PDU), then the receiver of that message MUST process it as though the reportableFlag had been set to one. Report PDUs are generated directly by the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model, and support engine-to-engine communications, but may be passed to applications for processing. An SNMP engine that receives a reportPDU may use it to determine what kind of problem was detected by the remote SNMP engine. It can do so based on the error counter included as the first (and only) varBind of the reportPDU. Based on the detected error, the SNMP engine may try to send a corrected SNMP message. If that is not possible, it may pass an indication of the error to the application on whose behalf the failed SNMP request was issued. The authFlag and privFlag portions of the msgFlags field are set by the sender to indicate the securityLevel that was applied to the message before it was sent on the wire. The receiver of the message MUST apply the same securityLevel when the message is received and the contents are being processed. There are three securityLevels, namely noAuthNoPriv, which is less than authNoPriv, which is in turn less than authPriv. See the SNMP architecture document [RFC3411] for details about the securityLevel. a) authFlag If the authFlag is set to one, then the securityModel used by the SNMP engine which sent the messa