In message <871z5nbjq4(_dot_)fsf(_at_)snark(_dot_)piermont(_dot_)com>, "Perry
E. Metzger" writes:
Ross Finlayson <finlayson(_at_)live(_dot_)com> writes:
Also, don't forget that on wall switches (like almost every country in with
world except the US :-) "down" means "on".
Places where people use SNMP for turning their lights on and off have
left this issue far behind. Do you mean to tell me that Australians
don't all use SNMP for light control yet?
It's a security issue -- they've been waiting for SNMPv3 security to go to
full standard. Right now, it's only draft.
--Steve Bellovin