partyPrivPrivate

SNMPv2-PARTY-MIB · .1.3.6.1.6.3.3.2.1.1.1.13

Object

column r/w OctetString
An encoding of the party's private encryption key
which may be needed to support the privacy
protocol.  Although the value of this variable may
be altered by a management operation (e.g., a
SNMPv2 Set-Request), its value can never be
retrieved by a management operation: when read,
the value of this variable is the zero length
OCTET STRING.
              
The private encryption key is NOT directly
represented by the value of this variable, but
rather it is represented according to an encoding.
This encoding is the bitwise exclusive-OR of the
old key with the new key, i.e., of the old private
encryption key (prior to the alteration) with the
new private encryption key (after the alteration).
Thus, when processing a received protocol Set
operation, the new private encryption key is
obtained from the value of this variable as the
result of a bitwise exclusive-OR of the variable's
value and the old private encryption key.  In
calculating the exclusive-OR, if the old key is
shorter than the new key, zero-valued padding is
appended to the old key.  If no value for the old
key exists, a zero-length OCTET STRING is used in
the calculation.

Context

MIB
SNMPv2-PARTY-MIB
OID
.1.3.6.1.6.3.3.2.1.1.1.13
Type
column
Access
readwrite
Status
current
Parent
partyEntry
Table
partyTable
Siblings
16

Syntax

OctetString

Values & Constraints

No enumerated values or constraints recorded.

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