Answer to Question #174471 in Computer Networks for Kwame Hayford

Question

Question 1

 a) A network technician has been tasked to configure a new network monitoring tool that will examine interface settings throughout various network devices. Explain the protocol needed to be configured on each network device to provide that information in a secure manner AP,5

b) A company has decided to update their usage policy to allow employees to surf the web unrestricted from their work computers. Which policy should the IT security team implement to help protect the network from attack as a result of this new policy

 c)

Explain why a management protocol needed between managers and agents, and why

 isn't mere connectivity between them sufficient?

Answer 1

a)     Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the protocol that the technician will us. It works by sending messages, called protocol data units (PDUs), to devices within your network that speaks SNMP. These messages are called SNMP get-requests. Using these requests, network administrators can track virtually any data values they specify.

b)     Install host-based anti-malware software

c)     Mere connectivity would allow managers and agents to send messages to each other

but not to understand and know how to interpret those messages or what to do in response. A management protocol is needed to define the "rules of conversation" between managers and agents, including the syntax and meaning of messages to be exchanged.