I'm trying to deploy ClearPass 6.9.6 at a site where their existing infrastructure is using SNMP with community strings that contain special characters - annoyingly this version of ClearPass does not allow the following characters & = . ? ; :
Changing the entire customer's existing setup is a pain.
RFC1157 (SNMPv2) and RFC1901 (SNMPv2c) does not provide any guidance or restrictions for the use of Special Characters used in the SNMP Community String.
Various infrastructure manufactures do have restrictions:
Microsoft: Space Tab [ ] : ; #
Cisco: @ :
F5: Space Tab, [ ] ; #
Aruba switch (v16.10.0014) does not support: Space Tab ? ~
I have have created a
https://innovate.arubanetworks.com/ideas/SEC-I-1675 - please vote for it.
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Derin Mellor
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