SNMPTCPMgr Component

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The SNMPTCPMgr component is used to implement TCP-based SNMP Management Applications.

Syntax

TipnSNMPTCPMgr

Remarks

The SNMPTCPMgr component implements a TCP-based standard SNMP Manager as specified in the SNMP RFCs. The component supports SNMP v1, v2c, and v3.

The component provides both encoding/decoding and transport capabilities, making the task of developing a custom SNMP manager as simple as setting a few key properties and handling a few events. SNMP data, such as for instance SNMP object id-s (OID-s) are exchanged as text strings, thus further simplifying the task of handling them.

The component is activated/deactivated by calling the Activate or Deactivate method. These methods enable or disable sending and receiving. The activation status can be found in the Active property.

Messages are received through events such as Response, Trap, or InformRequest. SNMP Traps are received through the Trap event.

Messages are sent to other agents or managers by using component's methods such as SendGetRequest, SendGetNextRequest, SendGetBulkRequest, SendSetRequest, and SendInformRequest.

SNMP OIDs, types, and values are provided in the Objects collection of SNMP objects for both sent and received packets.

SNMPv3 USM security is enabled by setting properties such as User, AuthenticationPassword, and EncryptionPassword and calling the Discover method to bind to a particular agent (RemoteEngineId). Upon successful discovery, received packets are checked for integrity (authentication) and timeliness. Note that the discovery step is optional, and may be avoided if the values for RemoteEngineId, RemoteEngineBoots, and RemoteEngineTime are known in advance and provided to the component through the respective properties.

By default, the component operates synchronously (except for the Discover method), sending a request and waiting until the corresponding response has been received. This behavior may be overridden by setting Timeout to 0, in which case the component returns control immediately after a send, and responses are received exclusively through the Response event.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AcceptDataEnables or disables data reception.
ActiveIndicates whether the component is active.
AuthenticationPasswordThe password used for SNMPv3 authentication.
AuthenticationProtocolThe authentication protocol used for SNMPv3 packets.
CommunityThe community string used to authenticate SNMP packets.
EncryptionAlgorithmThe encryption algorithm used for SNMPv3 packets.
EncryptionPasswordThe password used for SNMPv3 privacy.
ErrorDescriptionDescription of the status code for the last SNMP packet received by the component.
ErrorIndexIndex of the first variable (object) that caused an error from the last SNMP response.
ErrorStatusStatus code for the last SNMP packet received by the component.
LocalEngineIdThe Engine Id of the SNMP Manager.
LocalHostThe name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe port in the local host where the SNMP Manager is bound to.
ObjCountThe number of records in the Obj arrays.
ObjTypeThe current object's type.
ObjIdThe current object's id which is encoded as a string of numbers separated by periods.
ObjTypeStringA string representation of the current object's ObjectType .
ObjValueThe current object's value.
RemoteEngineBootsThe remote engine boots (SNMPv3).
RemoteEngineIdThe Engine Id of the remote agent.
RemoteEngineTimeThe remote engine time (SNMPv3).
RemoteHostThe address of the remote host. Domain names are resolved to IP addresses.
RemotePortThe port where the remote SNMP agent is listening.
RequestIdThe request-id to mark outgoing packets with.
SNMPVersionVersion of SNMP used for outgoing requests.
SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
SSLAuthenticateClientsIf set to True, the server asks the client(s) for a certificate.
SSLCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
SSLCertStoreThis is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
SSLCertStorePasswordIf the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
SSLCertStoreTypeThis is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
SSLCertSubjectThis is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
SSLEnabledWhether TLS/SSL is enabled.
SSLServerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
StoreWalkObjectsTells the component whether or not to store returned objects.
TimeoutA timeout for the component.
UserThe user name used for SNMPv3 authentication.
WalkLimitThe limit of oid's returned in a walk.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ActivateActivates the component.
ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
DeactivateDeactivates the component.
DiscoverPerforms SNMPv3 discovery.
DoEventsProcesses events from the internal message queue.
HashPasswordsHashes all passwords in the cache.
InterruptInterrupt the current method.
ResetClears the object arrays.
SendGetBulkRequestSend a GetBulkRequest packet.
SendGetNextRequestSend GetNextRequest packet.
SendGetRequestSend GetRequest packet.
SendInformRequestSend an InformRequest packet.
SendSetRequestSend Set Request packet.
ValueReturns the value corresponding to an OID.
WalkDoes an SNMP walk starting with the specified oid.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

BadPacketFired for erroneous and/or malformed messages.
ConnectedFired immediately after a connection completes (or fails).
ConnectionStatusThis event is fired to indicate changes in the connection state.
DisconnectedFired when a connection is closed.
DiscoveryRequestFired when an SNMPv3 discovery packet is received.
DiscoveryResponseFired when an SNMPv3 discovery response is received.
ErrorFired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
HashPasswordFired before and after a password is hashed.
InformRequestFired when an InformRequest packet is received.
PacketTraceFired for every packet sent or received.
ReadyToSendFired when the component is ready to send data.
ReportFired when a Report packet is received.
ResponseFired when a GetResponse packet is received.
SSLClientAuthenticationFired when the client presents its credentials to the server.
SSLServerAuthenticationFires when connecting to the server.
SSLStatusShows the progress of the secure connection.
TrapFired when a SNMP trap packet is received.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

CheckMessageOriginWhether to match the origin IP address when receiving responses.
CompatibilityModeWhether to operate the component in a specific compatibility mode.
ContextEngineIdSets the context engine id of the SNMP entity.
ContextNameSets the context name of the SNMP entity.
DecryptLogPacketsWhether to decrypt logged packets.
ForceLocalPortForces the component to bind to a specific port.
IncomingContextEngineIdThe engine Id of the received packet.
IncomingContextNameThe context name of the received packet.
MsgMaxSizeThe maximum supported message size.
SourceAddressThe source address of the received packet.
SourcePortThe source port of the received packet.
TimeoutInMillisecondsThe timeout is treated as milliseconds.
WalkInsideRangeStops the SNMP walk if the OID value returned from an agent is outside the table.
WalkStartOIDSpecifies the OID to be used when a Walk is performed.
ConnectionTimeoutSets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetectTells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHostName or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPasswordPassword to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallTypeDetermines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUserA user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveIntervalThe retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
KeepAliveTimeThe inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
LingerWhen set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTimeTime in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHostThe name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxLineLengthThe maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRateThe transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
ProxyExceptionsListA semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.
TCPKeepAliveDetermines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
TcpNoDelayWhether or not to delay when sending packets.
UseIPv6Whether to use IPv6.
LogSSLPacketsControls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.
OpenSSLCADirThe path to a directory containing CA certificates.
OpenSSLCAFileName of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.
OpenSSLCipherListA string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.
OpenSSLPrngSeedDataThe data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).
ReuseSSLSessionDetermines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.
SSLCheckCRLWhether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.
SSLCheckOCSPWhether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.
SSLCipherStrengthThe minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledCipherSuitesThe cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.
SSLEnabledProtocolsUsed to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLEnableRenegotiationWhether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.
SSLIncludeCertChainWhether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.
SSLKeyLogFileThe location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.
SSLNegotiatedCipherReturns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrengthReturns the negotiated cipher suite strength.
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuiteReturns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrengthReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.
SSLNegotiatedVersionReturns the negotiated protocol version.
SSLSecurityFlagsFlags that control certificate verification.
SSLServerCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithmsDefines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
TLS12SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for ECC.
TLS13KeyShareGroupsThe groups for which to pregenerate key shares.
TLS13SignatureAlgorithmsThe allowed certificate signature algorithms.
TLS13SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallDataUsed to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
BuildInfoInformation about the product's build.
CodePageThe system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
LicenseInfoInformation about the current license.
MaskSensitiveWhether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseInternalSecurityAPIWhether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

AcceptData Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Enables or disables data reception.

Syntax

__property bool AcceptData = { read=FAcceptData, write=FSetAcceptData };

Default Value

True

Remarks

Setting the property to False temporarily disables data reception. Setting the property to True re-enables data reception.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

Active Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Indicates whether the component is active.

Syntax

__property bool Active = { read=FActive, write=FSetActive };

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property indicates whether the component is currently active and can send or receive data.

The component will be automatically activated if it is not already and you attempt to perform an operation which requires the component to be active.

Note: Use the Activate or Deactivate method to control whether the component is active.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

AuthenticationPassword Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The password used for SNMPv3 authentication.

Syntax

__property String AuthenticationPassword = { read=FAuthenticationPassword, write=FSetAuthenticationPassword };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Every time EncryptionPassword, AuthenticationPassword, or RemoteEngineId are set, a localized key is computed automatically, and cached internally.

Data Type

String

AuthenticationProtocol Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The authentication protocol used for SNMPv3 packets.

Syntax

__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrAuthenticationProtocols AuthenticationProtocol = { read=FAuthenticationProtocol, write=FSetAuthenticationProtocol };
enum TipnSNMPTCPMgrAuthenticationProtocols { authpHMACMD596=1, authpHMACSHA96=2, authpHMAC192SHA256=3, authpHMAC384SHA512=4 };

Default Value

authpHMACMD596

Remarks

This property defines the authentication protocol used when SNMPVersion is set to snmpverV3. Possible values are:

  • 1 (HMAC-MD5-96 - default)
  • 2 (HMAC-SHA-96)
  • 3 (HMAC-192-SHA-256)
  • 4 (HMAC-384-SHA-512)

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

Community Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The community string used to authenticate SNMP packets.

Syntax

__property String Community = { read=FCommunity, write=FSetCommunity };

Default Value

"public"

Remarks

Must match the community name that is specified on the agent.

Typical values are "public" or "private".

This property is used for all SNMP packets sent by the component.

Data Type

String

EncryptionAlgorithm Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The encryption algorithm used for SNMPv3 packets.

Syntax

__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrEncryptionAlgorithms EncryptionAlgorithm = { read=FEncryptionAlgorithm, write=FSetEncryptionAlgorithm };
enum TipnSNMPTCPMgrEncryptionAlgorithms { encraDES=1, encraAES=2, encra3DES=3, encraAES192=4, encraAES256=5 };

Default Value

encraDES

Remarks

In order to use encryption, you must set the EncryptionPassword property. The supported algorithms for encryption are:

DES (1)Data Encryption Standard.
AES (2)Advanced Encryption Standard with key length of 128.
3DES (3)Triple Data Encryption Standard.
AES192 (4)Advanced Encryption Standard with key length of 192.
AES256 (5)Advanced Encryption Standard with key length of 256.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

EncryptionPassword Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The password used for SNMPv3 privacy.

Syntax

__property String EncryptionPassword = { read=FEncryptionPassword, write=FSetEncryptionPassword };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Every time EncryptionPassword, AuthenticationPassword, or RemoteEngineId are set, a localized key is computed automatically, and cached internally.

Data Type

String

ErrorDescription Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Description of the status code for the last SNMP packet received by the component.

Syntax

__property String ErrorDescription = { read=FErrorDescription };

Default Value

"0"

Remarks

Please refer to the ErrorStatus property for more information.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ErrorIndex Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Index of the first variable (object) that caused an error from the last SNMP response.

Syntax

__property int ErrorIndex = { read=FErrorIndex };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property is used in conjunction with the ErrorStatus property, and refers to the object that caused the error reported in the last SNMP response. This value is parsed directly from the SNMP response, which will be a one-based value, so a value of i here maps to index i-1 in the Objects collection.

The ErrorIndex property has no meaning when the ErrorStatus property is 0 (no error).

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ErrorStatus Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Status code for the last SNMP packet received by the component.

Syntax

__property int ErrorStatus = { read=FErrorStatus };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property is used in conjunction with the ErrorIndex property, which denotes the index of the variable in error. The ErrorDescription property provides a textual description of the error.

The following is a list of valid SNMP status code values:

0 (noError) No error.
1 (tooBig) The response cannot fit in a single SNMP message.
2 (noSuchName) Variable does not exist.
3 (badValue) Invalid value or syntax.
4 (readOnly) Variable is read-only.
5 (genError) Other error (SNMPv1).
6 (noAccess) Access denied.
7 (wrongType) Wrong object type.
8 (wrongLength) Wrong length.
9 (wrongEncoding) Wrong encoding.
10 (wrongValue) Wrong value.
11 (noCreation) No creation.
12 (inconsistentValue) Inconsistent value.
13 (resourceUnavailable) Resource unavailable.
14 (commitFailed) Commit failed.
15 (undoFailed) Undo failed.
16 (authorizationError) Authorization error.
17 (notWritable) Variable is not writable.
18 (inconsistentName) Inconsistent name.
The ErrorIndex parameter indicates the index of the first variable (object) that caused an error. The default value is 0.

Variable indexes start with 0. ErrorIndex has no meaning when ErrorStatus is 0 (no error).

The default value is 0 (no error).

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

LocalEngineId Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The Engine Id of the SNMP Manager.

Syntax

__property String LocalEngineId = { read=FLocalEngineId, write=FSetLocalEngineId };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> LocalEngineIdB = { read=FLocalEngineIdB, write=FSetLocalEngineIdB };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property is only used for SNMPv3 packets (when SNMPVersion is 3).

Data Type

Byte Array

LocalHost Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.

Syntax

__property String LocalHost = { read=FLocalHost, write=FSetLocalHost };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The LocalHost property contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the component initiate connections (or accept in the case of server components) only through that interface.

If the component is connected, the LocalHost property shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

NOTE: LocalHost is not persistent. You must always set it in code, and never in the property window.

Data Type

String

LocalPort Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The port in the local host where the SNMP Manager is bound to.

Syntax

__property int LocalPort = { read=FLocalPort, write=FSetLocalPort };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The LocalPort property must be set before the component is activated (Active is set to True). It instructs the component to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine. The default port is 0 (random port). If you would like to receive traps, set LocalPort to 162 (standard trap port). However, it is recommended that the SNMPTrapMgr component be used for listening to traps, because SNMPMgr is limited to receiving SNMPv3 traps from a single agent only. SNMPTrapMgr does not have this limitation.

LocalPort cannot be changed once the component is Active. Any attempt to set the LocalPort property when the component is Active will generate an error.

Note: on macOS and iOS, root permissions are required to set LocalPort to any value below 1024.

Data Type

Integer

ObjCount Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The number of records in the Obj arrays.

Syntax

__property int ObjCount = { read=FObjCount, write=FSetObjCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at ObjCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ObjType Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The current object's type.

Syntax

__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrObjTypes ObjType[int ObjIndex] = { read=FObjType, write=FSetObjType };
enum TipnSNMPTCPMgrObjTypes { otInteger=2, otOctetString=4, otNull=5, otObjectId=6, otIPAddress=64, otCounter32=65, otGauge32=66, otTimeTicks=67, otOpaque=68, otNSAP=69, otCounter64=70, otUnsignedInteger32=71, otNoSuchObject=128, otNoSuchInstance=129, otEndOfMibView=130 };

Default Value

otNull

Remarks

The current object's type. The default type is NULL (5).

The corresponding object id and value are specified by the ObjOid and ObjValue properties.

Possible object type values include:

otInteger (2) 2
otOctetString (4) 4
otNull (5) 5
otObjectID (6) 6
otIPAddress (64)64
otCounter32 (65)65
otGauge32 (66)66
otTimeTicks (67)67
otOpaque (68)68
otNSAP (69)69
otCounter64 (70)70
otUnsignedInteger32 (71)71

The component also supports the following artificial object values used to designate error conditions:

otNoSuchObject (128)No such object error.
otNoSuchInstance (129)No such instance error.
otEndOfMibView (130)End of MIB View error.

The ObjIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ObjCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ObjId Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The current object's id which is encoded as a string of numbers separated by periods.

Syntax

__property String ObjId[int ObjIndex] = { read=FObjId, write=FSetObjId };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current object's id which is encoded as a string of numbers separated by periods. For instance: "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0" (OID for "system description").

The corresponding object type and value (if any) are specified by the ObjectType and ObjValue properties.

Example

SNMPControl.ObjCount = 1 SNMPControl.ObjId(0) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0"

The ObjIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ObjCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ObjTypeString Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

A string representation of the current object's ObjectType .

Syntax

__property String ObjTypeString[int ObjIndex] = { read=FObjTypeString };

Default Value

""

Remarks

A string representation of the current object's ObjectType.

The corresponding object id and value are specified by the ObjOid and ObjValue properties.

The ObjIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ObjCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ObjValue Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The current object's value.

Syntax

__property String ObjValue[int ObjIndex] = { read=FObjValue, write=FSetObjValue };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> ObjValueB[int ObjIndex] = { read=FObjValueB, write=FSetObjValueB };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The current object's value. The corresponding object id and type are specified by the ObjOid and ObjectType properties.

Example

SNMPControl.ObjCount = 1 SNMPControl.ObjId(0) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0" SNMPControl.ObjValue(0) = "New Value"

The ObjIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the ObjCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

RemoteEngineBoots Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The remote engine boots (SNMPv3).

Syntax

__property int RemoteEngineBoots = { read=FRemoteEngineBoots, write=FSetRemoteEngineBoots };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property is used in conjunction with the RemoteEngineTime property. Please refer to the description of the RemoteEngineTime property, and the Discover method for further information.

Data Type

Integer

RemoteEngineId Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The Engine Id of the remote agent.

Syntax

__property String RemoteEngineId = { read=FRemoteEngineId, write=FSetRemoteEngineId };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> RemoteEngineIdB = { read=FRemoteEngineIdB, write=FSetRemoteEngineIdB };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property is only used for SNMPv3 packets (see SNMPVersion), and is reset every time RemoteHost or RemotePort changes.

RemoteEngineId is normally discovered through the Discover method. However, by manually supplying a value for the property, RemoteEngineId discovery step may be eliminated, thus avoiding the extra roundtrip to the agent (RemoteEngineBoots and RemoteEngineTime are also required for User authentication - please refer to the Discover method for more information).

Data Type

Byte Array

RemoteEngineTime Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The remote engine time (SNMPv3).

Syntax

__property int RemoteEngineTime = { read=FRemoteEngineTime, write=FSetRemoteEngineTime };

Default Value

0

Remarks

RemoteEngineTime is used by SNMPv3 authentication to ensure timeliness of requests, and avoid replay attacks.

The value of RemoteEngineTime is provided as what is expected to be the current value of the remote engine clock based on a cached time differential between the remote engine clock and the local engine time obtained during the discovery process (see Discover).

This property is used in conjunction with RemoteEngineBoots. Please refer to the RemoteEngineBoots property and the Discover method for more information.

Data Type

Integer

RemoteHost Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The address of the remote host. Domain names are resolved to IP addresses.

Syntax

__property String RemoteHost = { read=FRemoteHost, write=FSetRemoteHost };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The RemoteHost property specifies the IP address (IP number in dotted internet format) or Domain Name of the host SNMP requests or traps are sent to.

If RemoteHost is set to 255.255.255.255, the component broadcasts data on the local subnet.

If the RemoteHost property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated and upon successful termination of the request, the RemoteHost property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

Data Type

String

RemotePort Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The port where the remote SNMP agent is listening.

Syntax

__property int RemotePort = { read=FRemotePort, write=FSetRemotePort };

Default Value

161

Remarks

The RemotePort is the port on the RemoteHost to send SNMP requests to.

A valid port number (a value between 1 and 65535) is required. The default value is 161.

Data Type

Integer

RequestId Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The request-id to mark outgoing packets with.

Syntax

__property int RequestId = { read=FRequestId, write=FSetRequestId };

Default Value

1

Remarks

If a custom value is needed for RequestId, the property must be set before sending the request. The component increments RequestId automatically after sending each packet.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

SNMPVersion Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Version of SNMP used for outgoing requests.

Syntax

__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrSNMPVersions SNMPVersion = { read=FSNMPVersion, write=FSetSNMPVersion };
enum TipnSNMPTCPMgrSNMPVersions { snmpverV1=1, snmpverV2c=2, snmpverV3=3 };

Default Value

snmpverV2c

Remarks

This property takes one of the following values:

snmpverV1 (1)SNMP Version 1.
snmpverV2c (2)SNMP Version 2c.
snmpverV3 (3)SNMP Version 3.

Data Type

Integer

SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).

Syntax

__property String SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded = { read=FSSLAcceptServerCertEncoded, write=FSetSSLAcceptServerCertEncoded };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedB = { read=FSSLAcceptServerCertEncodedB, write=FSetSSLAcceptServerCertEncodedB };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLAcceptServerCertStore and SSLAcceptServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLAcceptServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

SSLAuthenticateClients Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

If set to True, the server asks the client(s) for a certificate.

Syntax

__property bool SSLAuthenticateClients = { read=FSSLAuthenticateClients, write=FSetSSLAuthenticateClients };

Default Value

false

Remarks

This property is used in conjunction with the SSLClientAuthentication event. Please refer to the documentation of the SSLClientAuthentication event for details.

Data Type

Boolean

SSLCertEncoded Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).

Syntax

__property String SSLCertEncoded = { read=FSSLCertEncoded, write=FSetSSLCertEncoded };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> SSLCertEncodedB = { read=FSSLCertEncodedB, write=FSetSSLCertEncodedB };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLCertStore and SSLCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLCertSubject is set to an empty string.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

SSLCertStore Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

Syntax

__property String SSLCertStore = { read=FSSLCertStore, write=FSetSSLCertStore };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> SSLCertStoreB = { read=FSSLCertStoreB, write=FSetSSLCertStoreB };

Default Value

"MY"

Remarks

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The SSLCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSLCertStore. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SSLCertStorePassword.

SSLCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSLCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSLCertStore has a value, and SSLCertSubject or SSLCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSLCertSubject property for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).

Data Type

Byte Array

SSLCertStorePassword Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Syntax

__property String SSLCertStorePassword = { read=FSSLCertStorePassword, write=FSetSSLCertStorePassword };

Default Value

""

Remarks

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Data Type

String

SSLCertStoreType Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

Syntax

__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLCertStoreTypes SSLCertStoreType = { read=FSSLCertStoreType, write=FSetSSLCertStoreType };
enum TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLCertStoreTypes { cstUser=0, cstMachine=1, cstPFXFile=2, cstPFXBlob=3, cstJKSFile=4, cstJKSBlob=5, cstPEMKeyFile=6, cstPEMKeyBlob=7, cstPublicKeyFile=8, cstPublicKeyBlob=9, cstSSHPublicKeyBlob=10, cstP7BFile=11, cstP7BBlob=12, cstSSHPublicKeyFile=13, cstPPKFile=14, cstPPKBlob=15, cstXMLFile=16, cstXMLBlob=17, cstJWKFile=18, cstJWKBlob=19, cstSecurityKey=20, cstBCFKSFile=21, cstBCFKSBlob=22, cstPKCS11=23, cstAuto=99 };

Default Value

cstUser

Remarks

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

The component supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the component will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:

0 (cstUser - default)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

1 (cstMachine)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

2 (cstPFXFile)The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.

Note: This store type is only available in Java.

5 (cstJKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.

Note: this store type is only available in Java.

6 (cstPEMKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

22 (cstBCFKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

23 (cstPKCS11)The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.

To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr component. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use.

When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSLCertStore and set SSLCertStorePassword to the PIN.

Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);

99 (cstAuto)The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

Data Type

Integer

SSLCertSubject Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

Syntax

__property String SSLCertSubject = { read=FSSLCertSubject, write=FSetSSLCertSubject };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.

If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

Data Type

String

SSLEnabled Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Whether TLS/SSL is enabled.

Syntax

__property bool SSLEnabled = { read=FSSLEnabled, write=FSetSSLEnabled };

Default Value

False

Remarks

This setting specifies whether TLS/SSL is enabled in the component. When False (default) the component operates in plaintext mode. When True TLS/SSL is enabled.

Note: SSL is not currently supported in this product. This setting is reserved for future user.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

SSLServerCertEncoded Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).

Syntax

__property String SSLServerCertEncoded = { read=FSSLServerCertEncoded };
__property DynamicArray<Byte> SSLServerCertEncodedB = { read=FSSLServerCertEncodedB };

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLServerCertStore and SSLServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

StoreWalkObjects Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Tells the component whether or not to store returned objects.

Syntax

__property bool StoreWalkObjects = { read=FStoreWalkObjects, write=FSetStoreWalkObjects };

Default Value

True

Remarks

When a Walk is performed, this property tells the component whether or not to store the objects that are returned by the server in the Objects collection. If the data is accumulated through the events, and not desired to be saved by the component, set this property to false.

Data Type

Boolean

Timeout Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

A timeout for the component.

Syntax

__property int Timeout = { read=FTimeout, write=FSetTimeout };

Default Value

60

Remarks

If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations return immediately, potentially failing with a WOULDBLOCK error if data cannot be sent immediately.

If Timeout is set to a positive value, data is sent in a blocking manner and the component will wait for the operation to complete before returning control. The component will handle any potential WOULDBLOCK errors internally and automatically retry the operation for a maximum of Timeout seconds.

The component will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not "freeze" and remains responsive.

If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the component raises an exception.

Please note that by default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, i.e. the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.

The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.

Data Type

Integer

User Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The user name used for SNMPv3 authentication.

Syntax

__property String User = { read=FUser, write=FSetUser };

Default Value

""

Remarks

If authentication is desired, this property must be set before the component attempts to connect to an SNMPv3 Agent.

Data Type

String

WalkLimit Property (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The limit of oid's returned in a walk.

Syntax

__property int WalkLimit = { read=FWalkLimit, write=FSetWalkLimit };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property specifies the limit of how many oid's are to be traversed during an SNMP Walk. If set to 0, the component will traverse all oid's in the specified table that are lexographically greater than the value of the specified table oid.

Data Type

Integer

Activate Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Activates the component.

Syntax

void __fastcall Activate();

Remarks

This method activates the component and will allow it to send or receive data.

The component will be automatically activated if it is not already and you attempt to perform an operation which requires the component to be active.

Note: Use the Active property to check whether the component is active.

Config Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

String __fastcall Config(String ConfigurationString);

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

Deactivate Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Deactivates the component.

Syntax

void __fastcall Deactivate();

Remarks

This method deactivates the component and will prohibit it from sending and receiving data.

Note: Use the Active property to check whether the component is active.

Discover Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Performs SNMPv3 discovery.

Syntax

void __fastcall Discover();

Remarks

When the method is called an SNMPv3 engine discovery request is sent to RemoteHost.

If an AuthenticationPassword is provided, the engine id discovery request is followed by an engine time discovery request, as required by the SNMPv3 User Security Model (USM). In this case Timeout must be set to a non-zero value before calling Discover and the component will wait until a response is received from RemoteHost.

The DiscoveryResponse event is fired upon receipt of a valid discovery response and the values of RemoteEngineId, RemoteEngineBoots, and RemoteEngineTime will then be updated with the received Engine Id, Time, and Boots.

DoEvents Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Processes events from the internal message queue.

Syntax

void __fastcall DoEvents();

Remarks

When DoEvents is called, the component processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.

HashPasswords Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Hashes all passwords in the cache.

Syntax

void __fastcall HashPasswords();

Remarks

Forces computation of all passwords hashes in the cache. Used together with the HashPassword event to enable implementations of external password hash storage.

Interrupt Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Interrupt the current method.

Syntax

void __fastcall Interrupt();

Remarks

If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.

Reset Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Clears the object arrays.

Syntax

void __fastcall Reset();

Remarks

Clears the object arrays, and sets the trap and error properties to their default values. This is useful for reinitializing all the properties that are used to create outgoing packets before building a new packet.

Note: SNMPVersion will be reset to snmpverV2c (2).

SendGetBulkRequest Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Send a GetBulkRequest packet.

Syntax

void __fastcall SendGetBulkRequest(int NonRepeaters, int MaxRepetitions);

Remarks

Sends a GetBulkRequest packet. This is only available for SNMP versions 2 and 3.

NonRepeaters specifies the number of variables for which a single lexicographic successor is to be returned.

MaxRepetitions specifies the number of lexicographic successors to be returned for variables other than those in the NonRepeaters list.

The object identifiers, types, and values for the request are taken from the Objects collection.

A GetBulkRequest is very similar to a GetNextRequest, the difference is that Getbulk performs a continuous GetNext operation based on the MaxRepitions value. The NonRepeaters value will determine the number of Objects for which a simple GetNext operation should be performed. For the remaining variables, a continuous GetNext operation is performed based on the MaxRepitions value.

So if you send a request containing X objects, the agent will perform N simple GetNext operations and M continuous GetNext operations X - N times. With X being the number of objects received, N being the number of NonRepeaters, and M being the number of MaxRepitions. Thus the SNMPMgr is expecting to receive N + M x (X - N) objects, assuming that each object has M successors.

Example (Sending a GetBulk Request)

SNMPControl.RemoteHost = "MyAgent" SNMPControl.ObjCount = 2 SNMPControl.ObjId(0) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0" SNMPControl.objId(1) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0" SNMPControl.SendGetBulkRequest(1,4)

The code sample above will send a GetBulkRequest with 1 non repeater, and a maxrepetitions of 4. Since there is only 1 non repeater, only one ObjID will "not repeat" and will only return one successor. The rest of the ObjID's (in this case, only 1) will return 4 successors. This particular example will return the following ObjID's:

1 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0
2 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0
3 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0
4 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0
5 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0

SendGetNextRequest Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Send GetNextRequest packet.

Syntax

void __fastcall SendGetNextRequest();

Remarks

Sends a GetNextRequest packet. The object identifiers, types, and values for the request are taken from the Objects collection.

Example (Sending a GetNext Request)

SNMPControl.ObjCount = 2 SNMPControl.ObjId(0) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0" SNMPControl.SendGetNextRequest() The agent will respond with the "next" (relative to the ObjID(s) you specify) OID in the table.

SendGetRequest Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Send GetRequest packet.

Syntax

void __fastcall SendGetRequest();

Remarks

Sends a GetRequest packet. The object identifiers, types, and values for the request are taken from the Objects collection.

Example (Sending a GetRequest)

SNMPControl.RemoteHost = "MyAgent" SNMPControl.ObjCount = 2 SNMPControl.ObjId(0) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0" SNMPControl.ObjId(1) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0" SNMPControl.SendGetRequest()

SendInformRequest Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Send an InformRequest packet.

Syntax

void __fastcall SendInformRequest();

Remarks

Sends an InformRequest packet. The object identifiers, types, and values for the request are taken from the Objects collection.

SendSetRequest Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Send Set Request packet.

Syntax

void __fastcall SendSetRequest();

Remarks

Sends a SetRequest packet. The object identifiers, types, and values for the request are taken from the Objects collection.

Example (Sending a SetRequest)

SNMPControl.RemoteHost = "MyAgent" SNMPControl.ObjCount = 1 SNMPControl.ObjId(0) = "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0" SNMPControl.ObjValue(0) = "New Value" SNMPControl.ObjType(0) = otOctetString SNMPControl.SendSetRequest()

Value Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Returns the value corresponding to an OID.

Syntax

String __fastcall Value(String OID);

Remarks

If the OID does not exist in the Objects collection, a trappable error is generated.

Please refer to the SNMPObject type for more information.

Walk Method (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Does an SNMP walk starting with the specified oid.

Syntax

void __fastcall Walk(String TableOid);

Remarks

A walk will traverse all OIDs in the TableOid that are lexographically greater than the value of the TableOid.

The results of the walk may be obtained through the Response events. During the event, the current returned object will exist inside of the Objects collection. If StoreWalkObjects is set to true, the Objects collection will contain all returned objects when the Walk completes.

Use the WalkLimit property to regulate how many objects the walk will traverse in the table.

NOTE: The collection of objects is cleared before the walk begins.

BadPacket Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired for erroneous and/or malformed messages.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Packet;
  DynamicArray<Byte> PacketB;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
  int ErrorCode;
  String ErrorDescription;
  bool Report;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrBadPacketEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrBadPacketEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrBadPacketEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrBadPacketEvent OnBadPacket = { read=FOnBadPacket, write=FOnBadPacket };

Remarks

The full message is provided in the Packet parameter.

The BadPacket event is also fired when authentication fails for received packets due to a bad password or other reasons.

If the Report parameter is set to True, an unauthenticated error report will be sent to the client, otherwise the packet will be silently ignored.

Connected Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired immediately after a connection completes (or fails).

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String RemoteAddress;
  int RemotePort;
  int StatusCode;
  String Description;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectedEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectedEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectedEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectedEvent OnConnected = { read=FOnConnected, write=FOnConnected };

Remarks

This event fires after a connection completes or fails.

StatusCode is the value returned by the system TCP/IP stack. This will be 0 if the connection was successful.

Description contains a human readable description of the status. This will be "OK" if the connection was successful.

RemoteAddress is the IP address of the remote host.

RemotePort is the port on the remote host.

ConnectionStatus Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

This event is fired to indicate changes in the connection state.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String ConnectionEvent;
  int StatusCode;
  String Description;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectionStatusEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectionStatusEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectionStatusEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrConnectionStatusEvent OnConnectionStatus = { read=FOnConnectionStatus, write=FOnConnectionStatus };

Remarks

The ConnectionStatus event is fired when the connection state changes: for example, completion of a firewall or proxy connection or completion of a security handshake.

The ConnectionEvent parameter indicates the type of connection event. Values may include the following:

Firewall connection complete.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or S/Shell handshake complete (where applicable).
Remote host connection complete.
Remote host disconnected.
SSL or S/Shell connection broken.
Firewall host disconnected.
StatusCode has the error code returned by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP stack.

Description contains a description of this code. The value of StatusCode is equal to the value of the error.

Disconnected Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when a connection is closed.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String RemoteAddress;
  int RemotePort;
  int StatusCode;
  String Description;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrDisconnectedEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrDisconnectedEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrDisconnectedEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrDisconnectedEvent OnDisconnected = { read=FOnDisconnected, write=FOnDisconnected };

Remarks

This event fires after a connection is broken.

StatusCode is the value returned by the system TCP/IP stack. This will be 0 if the connection was broken normally.

Description contains a human readable description of the status. This will be "OK" if the connection was broken normally.

RemoteAddress is the IP address of the remote host.

RemotePort is the port on the remote host.

DiscoveryRequest Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when an SNMPv3 discovery packet is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String EngineId;
  DynamicArray<Byte> EngineIdB;
  int EngineBoots;
  int EngineTime;
  String User;
  int SecurityLevel;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
  bool Respond;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryRequestEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryRequestEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryRequestEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryRequestEvent OnDiscoveryRequest = { read=FOnDiscoveryRequest, write=FOnDiscoveryRequest };

Remarks

EngineId, EngineBoots, EngineTime, and User are the values received from SourceAddress.

For SNMPv3, the User parameter shows the user that was supplied with the packet. This parameter MUST be used together with the SecurityLevel parameter which shows the level of security in the message.

The SecurityLevel parameter shows whether the request has been authenticated. If SecurityLevel is 0, the request has NOT been authenticated (i.e. the packet signature has not been verified). For an authenticated, non encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 1. For an authenticated and encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 2.

Respond is True by default, and will automatically send a response using the value in LocalEngineId. To suppress the response, set Respond to False.

The value returned to SourceAddress for EngineBoots is always 0, and EngineTime is the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970 (GMT).

DiscoveryResponse Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when an SNMPv3 discovery response is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String EngineId;
  DynamicArray<Byte> EngineIdB;
  int EngineBoots;
  int EngineTime;
  String User;
  int SecurityLevel;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryResponseEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryResponseEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryResponseEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrDiscoveryResponseEvent OnDiscoveryResponse = { read=FOnDiscoveryResponse, write=FOnDiscoveryResponse };

Remarks

EngineId, EngineBoots, EngineTime, and User are the values received from SourceAddress and SourcePort.

The SecurityLevel parameter shows whether the request has been authenticated. If SecurityLevel is 0, the request has NOT been authenticated (i.e. the packet signature has not been verified). For an authenticated request, SecurityLevel is at least 1.

Error Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int ErrorCode;
  String Description;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrErrorEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrErrorEvent OnError = { read=FOnError, write=FOnError };

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the component raises an exception.

The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

HashPassword Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired before and after a password is hashed.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Password;
  int AuthAlgorithm;
  String Hash;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrHashPasswordEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrHashPasswordEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrHashPasswordEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrHashPasswordEvent OnHashPassword = { read=FOnHashPassword, write=FOnHashPassword };

Remarks

SNMPv3 passwords are hashed in order to obtain authentication and encryption keys. This is an expensive operation, and in certain situations it may be preferable to store the hashed passwords externally and supply them on demand.

If a hash is required, the event fires with an empty string in the Hash parameter. In this case, you can choose to supply a value for the hash and stop the component from computing the hash.

The event also fires every time a hash is computed. In this case, the Hash parameter contains the value of the computed hash.

AuthAlgorithm contains either 1 for HMAC-MD5-96, 2 for HMAC-SHA-96 or 3 for HMAC-192-SHA-256

InformRequest Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when an InformRequest packet is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int RequestId;
  int SNMPVersion;
  String Community;
  String User;
  int SecurityLevel;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
  int ErrorIndex;
  int ErrorStatus;
  String ErrorDescription;
  bool Respond;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrInformRequestEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrInformRequestEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrInformRequestEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrInformRequestEvent OnInformRequest = { read=FOnInformRequest, write=FOnInformRequest };

Remarks

The user in an InformRequest packet (SNMPv3) must match the user in the User property. If not, the request is rejected, and a BadPacket event is fired before InformRequest is fired.

The list of variables in the SNMP packet, including optional values and types, is provided through the Objects collection. Each object is of type SNMPObject. This type describes the ObjId, ObjType, and ObjValue of each SNMP object. These variables must be copied to another location before the event has completed executing, or they may be overridden by other events.

The SourceAddress and SourcePort parameters show the address and port of the sender as reported by the TCP/IP stack.

The MessageId parameter identifies the received request.

For SNMPv3, the User parameter shows the user that was supplied with the packet. This parameter MUST be used together with the SecurityLevel parameter which shows the level of security in the message.

The SecurityLevel parameter shows whether the request has been authenticated. If SecurityLevel is 0, the request has NOT been authenticated (i.e. the packet signature has not been verified). For an authenticated, non encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 1. For an authenticated and encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 2.

To send a response, the Respond parameter must be set to true. By default, this value is false, which means no response will be sent. The ErrorStatus parameter may also be set to a valid SNMP status code (the default value is 0, which represents no error).

The following is a list of valid SNMP status code values:

0 (noError) No error.
1 (tooBig) The response cannot fit in a single SNMP message.
2 (noSuchName) Variable does not exist.
3 (badValue) Invalid value or syntax.
4 (readOnly) Variable is read-only.
5 (genError) Other error (SNMPv1).
6 (noAccess) Access denied.
7 (wrongType) Wrong object type.
8 (wrongLength) Wrong length.
9 (wrongEncoding) Wrong encoding.
10 (wrongValue) Wrong value.
11 (noCreation) No creation.
12 (inconsistentValue) Inconsistent value.
13 (resourceUnavailable) Resource unavailable.
14 (commitFailed) Commit failed.
15 (undoFailed) Undo failed.
16 (authorizationError) Authorization error.
17 (notWritable) Variable is not writable.
18 (inconsistentName) Inconsistent name.
The ErrorIndex parameter indicates the index of the first variable (object) that caused an error. The default value is 0.

Variable indexes start with 0. ErrorIndex has no meaning when ErrorStatus is 0 (no error).

PacketTrace Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired for every packet sent or received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Packet;
  DynamicArray<Byte> PacketB;
  int Direction;
  String PacketAddress;
  int PacketPort;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrPacketTraceEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrPacketTraceEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrPacketTraceEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrPacketTraceEvent OnPacketTrace = { read=FOnPacketTrace, write=FOnPacketTrace };

Remarks

The PacketTrace event shows all the packets sent or received by the component.

Packet contains the full contents of the datagram.

Direction shows the direction of the packet: 1 for incoming packets, and 2 for outgoing packets.

In the case of an incoming packet, PacketAddress and PacketPort identify the source of the packet.

In the case of an outgoing packet, PacketAddress and PacketPort identify the destination of the packet.

ReadyToSend Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when the component is ready to send data.

Syntax

typedef struct {
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrReadyToSendEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrReadyToSendEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrReadyToSendEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrReadyToSendEvent OnReadyToSend = { read=FOnReadyToSend, write=FOnReadyToSend };

Remarks

The ReadyToSend event indicates that the underlying TCP/IP subsystem is ready to accept data after a failed DataToSend.

Report Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when a Report packet is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int RequestId;
  int SNMPVersion;
  String Community;
  String User;
  int SecurityLevel;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
  int ErrorIndex;
  int ErrorStatus;
  String ErrorDescription;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrReportEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrReportEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrReportEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrReportEvent OnReport = { read=FOnReport, write=FOnReport };

Remarks

For SNMPv3, the User parameter shows the user that was supplied with the packet. This parameter MUST be used together with the SecurityLevel parameter which shows the level of security in the message.

The SecurityLevel parameter shows whether the request has been authenticated. If SecurityLevel is 0, the request has NOT been authenticated (i.e. the packet signature has not been verified). For an authenticated, non encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 1. For an authenticated and encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 2.

The list of variables in the SNMP packet, including optional values and types, is provided through the Objects collection. Each object is of type SNMPObject. This type describes the ObjId, ObjType, and ObjValue of each SNMP object. These variables must be copied to another location before the event has completed executing, or they may be overridden by other events.

The SourceAddress and SourcePort parameters show the address and port of the sender as reported by the TCP/IP stack.

Response Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when a GetResponse packet is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int RequestId;
  int SNMPVersion;
  String Community;
  String User;
  int SecurityLevel;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
  int ErrorIndex;
  int ErrorStatus;
  String ErrorDescription;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrResponseEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrResponseEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrResponseEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrResponseEvent OnResponse = { read=FOnResponse, write=FOnResponse };

Remarks

The ErrorStatus and ErrorIndex parameters contain information about possible errors. ErrorDescription is a textual description of ErrorStatus. This value is parsed directly from the SNMP response, which will be a one-based value, so a value of i here maps to index i-1 in the Objects collection.

The following is a list of valid SNMP status code values:

0 (noError) No error.
1 (tooBig) The response cannot fit in a single SNMP message.
2 (noSuchName) Variable does not exist.
3 (badValue) Invalid value or syntax.
4 (readOnly) Variable is read-only.
5 (genError) Other error (SNMPv1).
6 (noAccess) Access denied.
7 (wrongType) Wrong object type.
8 (wrongLength) Wrong length.
9 (wrongEncoding) Wrong encoding.
10 (wrongValue) Wrong value.
11 (noCreation) No creation.
12 (inconsistentValue) Inconsistent value.
13 (resourceUnavailable) Resource unavailable.
14 (commitFailed) Commit failed.
15 (undoFailed) Undo failed.
16 (authorizationError) Authorization error.
17 (notWritable) Variable is not writable.
18 (inconsistentName) Inconsistent name.
The ErrorIndex parameter indicates the index of the first variable (object) that caused an error. The default value is 0.

Variable indexes start with 0. ErrorIndex has no meaning when ErrorStatus is 0 (no error).

The list of variables in the SNMP packet, including optional values and types, is provided through the Objects collection. Each object is of type SNMPObject. This type describes the ObjId, ObjType, and ObjValue of each SNMP object. These variables must be copied to another location before the event has completed executing, or they may be overridden by other events.

The SourceAddress and SourcePort parameters show the address and port of the sender as reported by the TCP/IP stack.

SSLClientAuthentication Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when the client presents its credentials to the server.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String RemoteAddress;
  int RemotePort;
  String CertEncoded;
  DynamicArray<Byte> CertEncodedB;
  String CertSubject;
  String CertIssuer;
  String Status;
  bool Accept;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLClientAuthenticationEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLClientAuthenticationEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLClientAuthenticationEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLClientAuthenticationEvent OnSSLClientAuthentication = { read=FOnSSLClientAuthentication, write=FOnSSLClientAuthentication };

Remarks

This event fires when a client connects to the component and presents a certificate for authentication. The Accept parameter is a recommendation on whether to continue or close the connection. This is just a suggestion: application software must use its own logic to determine whether to continue or not.

When Accept is False, Status shows why the verification failed (otherwise, Status contains the string "OK").

RemoteAddress is the IP address of the connecting client.

RemotePort is the source port of the connecting client.

CertEncoded is the base64 encoded certificate presented by the client.

CertSubject is the subject of the certificate presented by the client.

CertIssuer is the subject of the issuer of the certificate presented by the client.

Status is the stauts of the certificate.

Accept defines whether the certificate is accepted.

SSLServerAuthentication Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fires when connecting to the server.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String RemoteAddress;
  int RemotePort;
  String CertEncoded;
  DynamicArray<Byte> CertEncodedB;
  String CertSubject;
  String CertIssuer;
  String Status;
  bool Accept;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLServerAuthenticationEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLServerAuthenticationEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLServerAuthenticationEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLServerAuthenticationEvent OnSSLServerAuthentication = { read=FOnSSLServerAuthentication, write=FOnSSLServerAuthentication };

Remarks

This event is where the client can decide whether to continue with the connection process or not. The Accept parameter is a recommendation on whether to continue or close the connection. This is just a suggestion: application software must use its own logic to determine whether to continue or not.

When Accept is False, Status shows why the verification failed (otherwise, Status contains the string "OK"). If it is decided to continue, you can override and accept the certificate by setting the Accept parameter to True.

RemoteAddress is the IP address of the server.

RemotePort is the source port of the server.

CertEncoded is the base64 encoded certificate presented by the server.

CertSubject is the subject of the certificate presented by the server.

CertIssuer is the subject of the issuer of the certificate presented by the server.

Status is the stauts of the certificate.

Accept defines whether the certificate is accepted.

SSLStatus Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Shows the progress of the secure connection.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String RemoteAddress;
  int RemotePort;
  String Message;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLStatusEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLStatusEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLStatusEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrSSLStatusEvent OnSSLStatus = { read=FOnSSLStatus, write=FOnSSLStatus };

Remarks

The event is fired for informational and logging purposes only. It is used to track the progress of the connection.

RemoteAddress is the IP address of the remote machine.

RemotePort is the port of the remote machine.

Message is the log message.

Trap Event (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

Fired when a SNMP trap packet is received.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int RequestId;
  int SNMPVersion;
  String Community;
  String User;
  int SecurityLevel;
  String TrapOID;
  __int64 TimeStamp;
  String SourceAddress;
  int SourcePort;
} TipnSNMPTCPMgrTrapEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TipnSNMPTCPMgrTrapEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TipnSNMPTCPMgrTrapEventParams *e);
__property TipnSNMPTCPMgrTrapEvent OnTrap = { read=FOnTrap, write=FOnTrap };

Remarks

The SNMPTrapMgr component should normally be used to receive traps, since it was designed and contains functionality specifically for that purpose. The SNMPMgr component can only receive traps from the agent that it is has most recently discovered with the Discover method.

The TrapOID and TimeStamp parameters contain the Trap OID and TimeStamp. In the case of an SNMPv1 trap, there are two possible scenarios:

First, if the enterprise of the trap is "1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5", TrapOID will be a concatenation of TrapEnterprise and GenericTrap + 1. For instance a TrapOID of "1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5.5" has a TrapEnterprise of "1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5" and a GenericTrap of "4".

Second, In all other cases TrapOID will be a concatenation of the values for TrapEnterprise, GenericTrap, and SpecificTrap, separated by '.'.

For SNMPv2 and above, they are read from the variable-value list (if available).

For SNMPv3, the User parameter shows the user that was supplied with the packet. This parameter MUST be used together with the SecurityLevel parameter which shows the level of security in the message.

The SecurityLevel parameter shows whether the request has been authenticated. If SecurityLevel is 0, the request has NOT been authenticated (i.e. the packet signature has not been verified). For an authenticated, non encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 1. For an authenticated and encrypted request, SecurityLevel is 2.

The SNMPMgr component is limited to accepting authenticated traps only for the user specified in User and Password and from the engine specified in RemoteEngineId with time parameters in RemoteEngineBoots and RemoteEngineTime (usually this is the SNMP engine discovered through the last call to Discover). If authenticated traps come from a different engine, or for a different user, they are ignored, and a BadPacket event is fired instead.

The list of variables in the SNMP packet, including optional values and types, is provided through the Objects collection. Each object is of type SNMPObject. This type describes the ObjId, ObjType, and ObjValue of each SNMP object. These variables must be copied to another location before the event has completed executing, or they may be overridden by other events.

The SourceAddress and SourcePort parameters show the address and port of the sender as reported by the TCP/IP stack.

Config Settings (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

SNMPTCPManager Config Settings

CheckMessageOrigin:   Whether to match the origin IP address when receiving responses.

This setting specifies whether the component matches the source IP address in the response to the destination IP address of the request. When True (default) the component makes sure that response are received from the same IP to which the request was sent. In most cases this does not need to be changed. If there is a specific reason that responses are expected to originate from a different IP from that which the request was sent, this may be set to False. When False the component will not check the origin of received responses.

CompatibilityMode:   Whether to operate the component in a specific compatibility mode.

This setting will cause the component to operate in a manner different than normal so that it is compatible with third-party products and libraries. The following table lists the possible values for this setting:

0 (default)Component operates normally for greatest compatibility.
1Component uses SNMP4j-compatible encryption (AES192 and AES256).
2Component automatically detects whether to use SNMP4j-compatible encryption (AES192 and AES256). Note: This option is only applicable when receiving packets. If you are using SNMPMgr or sending secure traps, you will need to select either 0 or 1.
ContextEngineId:   Sets the context engine id of the SNMP entity.

If set, the context engine id included in the PDU will be set.

ContextName:   Sets the context name of the SNMP entity.

If set, the context name included in the PDU will be set.

DecryptLogPackets:   Whether to decrypt logged packets.

When set to true this setting will cause the component to decrypt packets logged in PacketTrace. This only applies when using SNMP Version 3. The default is false.

ForceLocalPort:   Forces the component to bind to a specific port.

The default value is True, which makes the component throw an error if LocalPort is busy. When ForceLocalPort is set to False and the port is busy, the component silently chooses another random port.

IncomingContextEngineId:   The engine Id of the received packet.

This setting holds the engine Id of the received packet. This may be queried at any time, including from within an event, and returns the engine Id of the received packet. This is not needed in most cases, but can be used to store the incoming engine Id to send an asynchronous response later. This value is read-only.

IncomingContextName:   The context name of the received packet.

This setting holds the context name of the received packet. This may be queried at any time, including from within an event, and returns the context name of the received packet. This is not needed in most cases, but can be used to store the incoming context name to send an asynchronous response later. This value is read-only.

MsgMaxSize:   The maximum supported message size.

This setting specifies the maximum supported message size in bytes. This is only applicable when SNMPVersion is set to 3. This corresponds to the "msgMaxSize" field in the request.

SourceAddress:   The source address of the received packet.

This setting holds the source address of the received packet. This may be queried at any time, including from within an event, and returns the source address of the received packet. This value is read-only.

SourcePort:   The source port of the received packet.

This setting holds the source port of the received packet. This may be queried at any time, including from within an event, and returns the source port of the received packet. This value is read-only.

TimeoutInMilliseconds:   The timeout is treated as milliseconds.

Setting TimeoutInMilliseconds to true causes the component to use the value in Timeout as milliseconds instead of seconds, which is the default.

WalkInsideRange:   Stops the SNMP walk if the OID value returned from an agent is outside the table.

When WalkInsideRange is set to true the Walk will continue only while the OID Values returned from the agent are greater than the current OID Value. If an object is returned with an OID value that is out of this range it is not added to the Objects collection, the Error event will fire, and Walk will return. The default value is true.

WalkStartOID:   Specifies the OID to be used when a Walk is performed.

When this property is set and Walk is called, the first request sent will contain the specified WalkStartOID value. This feature is particularly useful in the case of errors, such as timeouts, that may occur during a Walk. In such a case, you can set WalkStartOID to the last OID returned before the Timeout occurred then call Walk again (using the original tableOID parameter value). This will allow you to continue the Walk where it left off (when the Timeout error occurred).

Note that when StoreWalkObjects is set to true and WalkStartOID is set, the existing entries in Objects will be maintained when Walk is called and new returned objects will be added (just as if no error occurred in the initial Walk call).

TCPClient Config Settings

ConnectionTimeout:   Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.

When set, this configuration setting allows you to specify a different timeout value for establishing a connection. Otherwise, the component will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.

FirewallAutoDetect:   Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallHost:   Name or IP address of firewall (optional).

If a FirewallHost is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPassword:   Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.

If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPort:   The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.

The FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.

Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallType:   Determines the type of firewall to connect through.

The appropriate values are as follows:

0No firewall (default setting).
1Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80.
2Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
3Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
10Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallUser:   A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.

If the FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the Firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.

Note: This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

KeepAliveInterval:   The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. A TCP keep-alive packet will be sent after a period of inactivity as defined by KeepAliveTime. If no acknowledgment is received from the remote host, the keep-alive packet will be sent again. This configuration setting specifies the interval at which the successive keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds. This system default if this value is not specified here is 1 second.

Note: This value is not applicable in macOS.

KeepAliveTime:   The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to True. By default, the operating system will determine the time a connection is idle before a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) keep-alive packet is sent. This system default if this value is not specified here is 2 hours. In many cases, a shorter interval is more useful. Set this value to the desired interval in milliseconds.

Linger:   When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.

This property controls how a connection is closed. The default is True.

In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.

In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.

The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the component returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).

Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.

LingerTime:   Time in seconds to have the connection linger.

LingerTime is the time, in seconds, the socket connection will linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP timeout.

LocalHost:   The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.

The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the component initiate connections (or accept in the case of server components) only through that interface.

If the component is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

LocalPort:   The port in the local host where the component binds.

This must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the component to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.

Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.

LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.

This; setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.

MaxLineLength:   The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.

MaxLineLength is the size of an internal buffer, which holds received data while waiting for an EOL string.

If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.

If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.

The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.

MaxTransferRate:   The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.

This configuration setting can be used to throttle outbound TCP traffic. Set this to the number of bytes to be sent per second. By default, this is not set and there is no limit.

ProxyExceptionsList:   A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.

This configuration setting optionally specifies a semicolon-separated list of hostnames or IP addresses to bypass when a proxy is in use. When requests are made to hosts specified in this property, the proxy will not be used. For instance:

www.google.com;www.nsoftware.com

TCPKeepAlive:   Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.

If set to True, the socket's keep-alive option is enabled and keep-alive packets will be sent periodically to maintain the connection. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to configure the timing of the keep-alive packets.

Note: This value is not applicable in Java.

TcpNoDelay:   Whether or not to delay when sending packets.

When true, the socket will send all data that is ready to send at once. When false, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.

By default, this config is set to false.

UseIPv6:   Whether to use IPv6.

When set to 0 (default), the component will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the component will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the component to prefer IPv6 addresses, but use IPv4 if IPv6 is not supported on the system, this setting should be set to 2. The default value is 0. Possible values are:

0 IPv4 Only
1 IPv6 Only
2 IPv6 with IPv4 fallback

SSL Config Settings

LogSSLPackets:   Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.

When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this setting controls whether SSL packets should be logged. By default, this setting is False, as it is only useful for debugging purposes.

When enabled, SSL packet logs are output using the SSLStatus event, which will fire each time an SSL packet is sent or received.

Enabling this setting has no effect if SSLProvider is set to Platform.

OpenSSLCADir:   The path to a directory containing CA certificates.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The path set by this property should point to a directory containing CA certificates in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the extension must be different (e.g. 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1 etc). OpenSSL recommends to use the c_rehash utility to create the necessary links. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.

OpenSSLCAFile:   Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The file set by this property should contain a list of CA certificates in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates identified by

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

... (CA certificate in base64 encoding) ...

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

sequences. Before, between, and after the certificates text is allowed which can be used e.g. for descriptions of the certificates. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.

OpenSSLCipherList:   A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The format of this string is described in the OpenSSL man page ciphers(1) section "CIPHER LIST FORMAT". Please refer to it for details. The default string "DEFAULT" is determined at compile time and is normally equivalent to "ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+SSLv2:@STRENGTH".

OpenSSLPrngSeedData:   The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

By default OpenSSL uses the device file "/dev/urandom" to seed the PRNG and setting OpenSSLPrngSeedData is not required. If set, the string specified is used to seed the PRNG.

ReuseSSLSession:   Determines if the SSL session is reused.

If set to true, the component will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:

  • The target host name is the same.
  • The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
  • The application process that calls the function is the same.
  • The logon session is the same.
  • The instance of the component is the same.

SSLCACerts:   A newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.

This setting specifies one or more CA certificates to be included in the request when performing SSL client authentication. Some servers require the entire chain, including CA certificates, to be presented when performing SSL client authentication. The value of this setting is a newline (CrLf) separated list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
..
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

SSLCheckCRL:   Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.

This setting specifies whether the component will check the Certificate Revocation List specified by the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the component will first obtain the list of CRL URLs from the server certificate's CRL distribution points extension. The component will then make HTTP requests to each CRL endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the component raises an exception.

When set to 0 (default) the CRL check will not be performed by the component. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the CRL check, but will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support CRL. When set to 2, it will perform the CRL check and will throw an error if CRL is not supported.

This configuration setting is only supported in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is only supported on Windows operating systems.

SSLCheckOCSP:   Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.

This setting specifies whether the component will use OCSP to check the validity of the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the component will first obtain the OCSP URL from the server certificate's OCSP extension. The component will then locate the issuing certificate and make an HTTP request to the OCSP endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the component raises an exception.

When set to 0 (default) the component will not perform an OCSP check. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the OCSP check, but will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support OCSP. When set to 2, it will perform the OCSP check and will throw an error if OCSP is not supported.

This configuration setting is only supported in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is only supported on Windows operating systems.

SSLCipherStrength:   The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.

This minimum cipher strength largely dependent on the security modules installed on the system. If the cipher strength specified is not supported, an error will be returned when connections are initiated.

Please note that this setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library. The actual cipher strength used for the connection is shown by the SSLStatus event.

Use this setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.

When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList config setting.

SSLEnabledCipherSuites:   The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.

The enabled cipher suites to be used in SSL negotiation.

By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").

The special value "*" means that the component will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.

Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.

Example values when SSLProvider is set to Platform: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include:

  • CALG_3DES
  • CALG_3DES_112
  • CALG_AES
  • CALG_AES_128
  • CALG_AES_192
  • CALG_AES_256
  • CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
  • CALG_CYLINK_MEK
  • CALG_DES
  • CALG_DESX
  • CALG_DH_EPHEM
  • CALG_DH_SF
  • CALG_DSS_SIGN
  • CALG_ECDH
  • CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
  • CALG_ECDSA
  • CALG_ECMQV
  • CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
  • CALG_HUGHES_MD5
  • CALG_HMAC
  • CALG_KEA_KEYX
  • CALG_MAC
  • CALG_MD2
  • CALG_MD4
  • CALG_MD5
  • CALG_NO_SIGN
  • CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
  • CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
  • CALG_PCT1_MASTER
  • CALG_RC2
  • CALG_RC4
  • CALG_RC5
  • CALG_RSA_KEYX
  • CALG_RSA_SIGN
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
  • CALG_SEAL
  • CALG_SHA
  • CALG_SHA1
  • CALG_SHA_256
  • CALG_SHA_384
  • CALG_SHA_512
  • CALG_SKIPJACK
  • CALG_SSL2_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
  • CALG_TEK
  • CALG_TLS1_MASTER
  • CALG_TLS1PRF
Example values when SSLProvider is set to Internal: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_DH_ANON_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Internal include:
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

When TLS 1.3 is negotiated (see SSLEnabledProtocols) only the following cipher suites are supported:

  • TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.

SSLEnabledProtocols:   Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Not all supported protocols are enabled by default (the value of this setting is 4032). If you want more granular control over the enabled protocols, you can set this property to the binary 'OR' of one or more of the following values:

TLS1.312288 (Hex 3000)
TLS1.23072 (Hex C00) (Default)
TLS1.1768 (Hex 300) (Default)
TLS1 192 (Hex C0) (Default)
SSL3 48 (Hex 30) [Platform Only]
SSL2 12 (Hex 0C) [Platform Only]

SSLEnabledProtocols - TLS 1.3 Notes

By default when TLS 1.3 is enabled the component will use the internal TLS implementation when the SSLProvider is set to Automatic for all editions.

In editions which are designed to run on Windows SSLProvider can be set to Platform to use the platform implementation instead of the internal implementation. When configured in this manner, please note that the platform provider is only supported on Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and up. The default internal provider is available on all platforms and is not restricted to any specific OS version.

If set to 1 (Platform provider) please be aware of the following notes:

  • The platform provider is only available on Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and up.
  • SSLEnabledCipherSuites and other similar SSL configuration settings are not supported.
  • If SSLEnabledProtocols includes both TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2 the above restrictions are still applicable even if TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Enabling TLS 1.3 with the platform provider changes the implementation used for all TLS versions.

SSLEnabledProtocols: SSL2 and SSL3 Notes:

SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are not supported by the component when the SSLProvider is set to internal. To use SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0, the platform security API must have the protocols enabled and SSLProvider needs to be set to platform.

SSLEnableRenegotiation:   Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.

This setting specifies whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension will be used in the request when using the internal security API. This setting is true by default, but can be set to false to disable the extension.

This setting is only applicable when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLIncludeCertChain:   Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.

This setting specifies whether the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event contains the full certificate chain. By default this value is False and only the leaf certificate will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event.

If set to True all certificates returned by the server will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.

SSLKeyLogFile:   The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.

This setting optionally specifies the full path to a file on disk where per-session secrets are stored for debugging purposes.

When set, the component will save the session secrets in the same format as the SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable functionality used by most major browsers and tools such as Chrome, Firefox, and cURL. This file can then be used in tools such as Wireshark to decrypt TLS traffice for debugging purposes. When writing to this file the component will only append, it will not overwrite previous values.

Note: This setting is only applicable when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLNegotiatedCipher:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

Returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipher[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength.

Returns the strength of the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g.TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

Returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake represented as a single string.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange:   Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.

Returns the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength:   Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.

Returns the strenghth of the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedVersion:   Returns the negotiated protocol version.

Returns the protocol version negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedVersion[connId]");

SSLSecurityFlags:   Flags that control certificate verification.

The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be or-ed together to exclude multiple conditions:

0x00000001Ignore time validity status of certificate.
0x00000002Ignore time validity status of CTL.
0x00000004Ignore non-nested certificate times.
0x00000010Allow unknown Certificate Authority.
0x00000020Ignore wrong certificate usage.
0x00000100Ignore unknown certificate revocation status.
0x00000200Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status.
0x00000400Ignore unknown Certificate Authority revocation status.
0x00000800Ignore unknown Root revocation status.
0x00008000Allow test Root certificate.
0x00004000Trust test Root certificate.
0x80000000Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN not-matching server name).

This functionality is currently not available when the provider is OpenSSL.

SSLServerCACerts:   A newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.

This setting optionally specifies one or more CA certificates to be used when verifying the server certificate. When verifying the server's certificate the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the server's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This setting should only be set if the server's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.

The value of this setting is a newline (CrLf) separated list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
..
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

TLS12SignatureAlgorithms:   Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

This setting specifies the allowed server certificate signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal and SSLEnabledProtocols is set to allow TLS 1.2.

When specified the component will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported the component raises an exception.

The format of this value is a comma separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance: component.SSLProvider = TCPClientSSLProviders.sslpInternal; component.Config("SSLEnabledProtocols=3072"); //TLS 1.2 component.Config("TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa"); The default value for this setting is sha512-ecdsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa,sha384-ecdsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha256-ecdsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha224-ecdsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha1-ecdsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa.

In order to not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.

TLS12SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for ECC.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.2 for ECC.

The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.

When using TLS 1.2 and SSLProvider is set to Internal, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)

TLS13KeyShareGroups:   The groups for which to pregenerate key shares.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. The groups specified here will have key share data pregenerated locally before establishing a connection. This can prevent an additional round trip during the handshake if the group is supported by the server.

The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result only some groups are included by default in this setting.

Note: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used which is not present in this list it will incur an additional round trip and time to generate the key share for that group.

In most cases this setting does not need to be modified. This should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448"
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1"
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096"
  • "ffdhe_6144"
  • "ffdhe_8192"

TLS13SignatureAlgorithms:   The allowed certificate signature algorithms.

This setting holds a comma separated list of allowed signature algorithms. Possible values are:

  • "ed25519" (default)
  • "ed448" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha512" (default)
The default value is rsa_pss_sha256,rsa_pss_sha384,rsa_pss_sha512,rsa_pkcs1_sha256,rsa_pkcs1_sha384,rsa_pkcs1_sha512,ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256,ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384,ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512,ed25519,ed448. This setting is only applicable when SSLEnabledProtocols includes TLS 1.3.
TLS13SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. This setting should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096" (default)
  • "ffdhe_6144" (default)
  • "ffdhe_8192" (default)

Socket Config Settings

AbsoluteTimeout:   Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.

If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method which does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.

Note: This option is not valid for UDP ports.

FirewallData:   Used to send extra data to the firewall.

When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g. headers for custom authentication schemes).

InBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. Increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

OutBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. Increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo:   Information about the product's build.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:

IdentifierName
037IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437OEM - United States
500IBM EBCDIC - International
708Arabic - ASMO 708
709Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775OEM - Baltic
850OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852OEM - Latin II
855OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857OEM - Turkish
858OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860OEM - Portuguese
861OEM - Icelandic
862OEM - Hebrew
863OEM - Canadian-French
864OEM - Arabic
865OEM - Nordic
866OEM - Russian
869OEM - Modern Greek
870IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
950ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250ANSI - Central European
1251ANSI - Cyrillic
1252ANSI - Latin I
1253ANSI - Greek
1254ANSI - Turkish
1255ANSI - Hebrew
1256ANSI - Arabic
1257ANSI - Baltic
1258ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361Korean (Johab)
10000MAC - Roman
10001MAC - Japanese
10002MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003MAC - Korean
10004MAC - Arabic
10005MAC - Hebrew
10006MAC - Greek I
10007MAC - Cyrillic
10008MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010MAC - Romania
10017MAC - Ukraine
10021MAC - Thai
10029MAC - Latin II
10079MAC - Icelandic
10081MAC - Turkish
10082MAC - Croatia
12000Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000CNS - Taiwan
20001TCA - Taiwan
20002Eten - Taiwan
20003IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004TeleText - Taiwan
20005Wang - Taiwan
20105IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106IA5 German (7-bit)
20107IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261T.61
20269ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297IBM EBCDIC - France
20420IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866Russian - KOI8-R
20871IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001Europa 3
38598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225ISO 2022 Korean
50227ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931US/Canada and Japanese
50933Korean Extended and Korean
50935Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936Simplified Chinese
50937US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932EUC - Japanese
51936EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949EUC - Korean
51950EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002ISCII Devanagari
57003ISCII Bengali
57004ISCII Tamil
57005ISCII Telugu
57006ISCII Assamese
57007ISCII Oriya
57008ISCII Kannada
57009ISCII Malayalam
57010ISCII Gujarati
57011ISCII Punjabi
65000Unicode UTF-7
65001Unicode UTF-8
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:
IdentifierName
1ASCII
2NEXTSTEP
3JapaneseEUC
4UTF8
5ISOLatin1
6Symbol
7NonLossyASCII
8ShiftJIS
9ISOLatin2
10Unicode
11WindowsCP1251
12WindowsCP1252
13WindowsCP1253
14WindowsCP1254
15WindowsCP1250
21ISO2022JP
30MacOSRoman
10UTF16String
0x90000100UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100UTF32String
0x98000100UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100UTF32LittleEndian
65536Proprietary

LicenseInfo:   Information about the current license.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a component is using. It will return the following information:

  • Product: The product the license is for.
  • Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
  • License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
  • License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
  • Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.
MaskSensitive:   Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to true to mask sensitive data. The default is true.

This setting only works on these components: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to false, the component will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable.

Setting this configuration setting to true tells the component to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

This setting is set to false by default on all platforms.

Trappable Errors (SNMPTCPMgr Component)

SNMPTCPMgr Errors

201   Timeout.
301   Bad Object Index when accessing the Obj* properties. Timeout when performing an operation. Check the error description for details.
302   Value exceeds maximum number of objects allowed.
303   The value must be an IP address in dotted format.
305   Unsupported SNMP version.
306   Unknown PDU type.
307   The component is busy performing the current action.
308   Verification failed.
309   Missing password for Verification.
310   Missing signature.
311   Missing remote time.
312   Missing timeout value.
313   Decryption Failed.
314   Missing password for decryption.
315   Not encrypted.
316   Security model not supported.
317   Defective packet
318   Not from bound point.
319   Operation not permitted in current role.
320   Bad packet.
321   Message not authenticated.
322   No such oid.
323   Missing privacy parameter.
324   Bad engine id.
325   Bad time frame.
326   Bad user name.
327   Security level was not accepted.
328   Discovery failed.
329   Incorrect key length.
330   No authentication password supplied.
333   Returned OID was out of range. This is applicable only when WalkInsideRange is set to true.

The component may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other components.

TCPClient Errors

100   You cannot change the RemotePort at this time. A connection is in progress.
101   You cannot change the RemoteHost (Server) at this time. A connection is in progress.
102   The RemoteHost address is invalid (0.0.0.0).
104   Already connected. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
106   You cannot change the LocalPort at this time. A connection is in progress.
107   You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
112   You cannot change MaxLineLength at this time. A connection is in progress.
116   RemotePort cannot be zero. Please specify a valid service port number.
117   You cannot change the UseConnection option while the component is active.
135   Operation would block.
201   Timeout.
211   Action impossible in control's present state.
212   Action impossible while not connected.
213   Action impossible while listening.
301   Timeout.
302   Could not open file.
434   Unable to convert string to selected CodePage.
1105   Already connecting. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
1117   You need to connect first.
1119   You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
1120   Connection dropped by remote host.

SSL Errors

270   Cannot load specified security library.
271   Cannot open certificate store.
272   Cannot find specified certificate.
273   Cannot acquire security credentials.
274   Cannot find certificate chain.
275   Cannot verify certificate chain.
276   Error during handshake.
280   Error verifying certificate.
281   Could not find client certificate.
282   Could not find server certificate.
283   Error encrypting data.
284   Error decrypting data.

TCP/IP Errors

10004   [10004] Interrupted system call.
10009   [10009] Bad file number.
10013   [10013] Access denied.
10014   [10014] Bad address.
10022   [10022] Invalid argument.
10024   [10024] Too many open files.
10035   [10035] Operation would block.
10036   [10036] Operation now in progress.
10037   [10037] Operation already in progress.
10038   [10038] Socket operation on non-socket.
10039   [10039] Destination address required.
10040   [10040] Message too long.
10041   [10041] Protocol wrong type for socket.
10042   [10042] Bad protocol option.
10043   [10043] Protocol not supported.
10044   [10044] Socket type not supported.
10045   [10045] Operation not supported on socket.
10046   [10046] Protocol family not supported.
10047   [10047] Address family not supported by protocol family.
10048   [10048] Address already in use.
10049   [10049] Can't assign requested address.
10050   [10050] Network is down.
10051   [10051] Network is unreachable.
10052   [10052] Net dropped connection or reset.
10053   [10053] Software caused connection abort.
10054   [10054] Connection reset by peer.
10055   [10055] No buffer space available.
10056   [10056] Socket is already connected.
10057   [10057] Socket is not connected.
10058   [10058] Can't send after socket shutdown.
10059   [10059] Too many references, can't splice.
10060   [10060] Connection timed out.
10061   [10061] Connection refused.
10062   [10062] Too many levels of symbolic links.
10063   [10063] File name too long.
10064   [10064] Host is down.
10065   [10065] No route to host.
10066   [10066] Directory not empty
10067   [10067] Too many processes.
10068   [10068] Too many users.
10069   [10069] Disc Quota Exceeded.
10070   [10070] Stale NFS file handle.
10071   [10071] Too many levels of remote in path.
10091   [10091] Network subsystem is unavailable.
10092   [10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range.
10093   [10093] Winsock not loaded yet.
11001   [11001] Host not found.
11002   [11002] Non-authoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup).
11003   [11003] Non-recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP.
11004   [11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup).