RE: [Isms] #1: is it important to support anonymous user accesstoSNMP?

["Nelson, David" <dnelson at enterasys.com>]

Eric Fleischman writes...

> If one defines authentication to be "proving that an entity is who it
> claims to be", then authenticating an anonymous entity is simply
proving
> that the entity has no specific identity to that system.

Well, this *is* a rathole, but I'll go one more round.  :-)

I support Glen Zorn's assertion.  You are attempting to prove a
negative.  As an example, please *prove* to me that you and I have never
met and that you would not recognize me on the street.  Assume that I've
provided you no credentials, and that my e-mail username may very well
be a pseudonym.

I respectfully suggest that the term "anonymous access" or the term
"non-authenticated access" would accurately describe the feature under
discussion.  I agree that the term "authenticated anonymous access" is
an oxymoron.


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