GetUserSecurityLevel Event

Sets the security level for an incoming packet.

Syntax

• C#
• VB.NET

public event OnGetUserSecurityLevelHandler OnGetUserSecurityLevel;

public delegate void OnGetUserSecurityLevelHandler(object sender, SnmpagentGetUserSecurityLevelEventArgs e);

public class SnmpagentGetUserSecurityLevelEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string User { get; }
  public string EngineId { get; }
  public byte[] EngineIdB { get; }
  public int SecurityLevel { get; set; }
}

Public Event OnGetUserSecurityLevel As OnGetUserSecurityLevelHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnGetUserSecurityLevelHandler(sender As Object, e As SnmpagentGetUserSecurityLevelEventArgs)

Public Class SnmpagentGetUserSecurityLevelEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property User As String
  Public ReadOnly Property EngineId As String
  Public ReadOnly Property EngineIdB As Byte()
  Public Property SecurityLevel As Integer
End Class

Remarks

The GetUserSecurityLevel event is fired after the first inspection of each SNMPv3 request. The SecurityLevel parameter determines the level of security for the message.

On entry, the SecurityLevel parameter contains the default security level for User if the user is located in the internal cache, or if the User is not found in the cache, the SecurityLevel will be -1.

The value of SecurityLevel upon exiting the event, determines how the message will be processed: