Towards a modular and interoperable SNMPv3

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) was introduced in 1988 and is still widely implemented, deployed, and used. SNMPv3 is now in its final stages of standardization. From a practical perspective, we need to consider how telecommunication systems can be extended to consider different versions of SNMP, different applications and different security models. We present an object-oriented implementation of SNMPv3 to create a flexible product architecture. This architecture allows to easily interface with other modules as required. We also describe network object models and relationships required for the architecture. The implementation uses Java to create modular reusable components. We explain how the architecture using a modular approach can allow interoperability with other SNMP applications. Also, the systems can possibly connect via an API bus to CORBA, JMAPI or WBEM.