diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 5ed25d5..6a8976e 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ This software is intended for testing SNMP Managers against a large number of SNMP Agents that represent a potentially very large network populated with different kinds of SNMP-capable devices. -Typical use case for this software starts with recording a snapshot of -SNMP objects of donor Agents into text files using "snmprec" tool. -Another option is to generate snapshots directly from MIB files with -"mib2dev" tool. The latter appears useful whenever you do not posess a -physical donor device. Then Simulator daemon would be run over the -snapshots so that it could respond to SNMP queries in the same way as +Typical use case for this software starts with recording a snapshot of +SNMP objects of donor Agents into text files using "snmprec" tool. +Another option is to generate snapshots directly from MIB files with +"mib2dev" tool. The latter appears useful whenever you do not posess +a physical donor device. Then Simulator daemon would be run over the +snapshots so that it could respond to SNMP queries in the same way as donor SNMP Agents did at the time of recording. Technically, SNMP Simulator is a multi-context SNMP Agent. That means that @@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ queries, while SNMPv1/v2c Manager can use specific SNMP community name (logically bound to SNMP context) to access particular set of Managed Objects. +It is also possible with the SNMP Simulator software to vary responses +based on Manager's transport address, not only SNMPv3 context or SNMPv1/v2c +community names. + +Current Simulator version supports trivial SNMP SET operations in volatile +mode meaning that all previously SET values are lost upon daemon restart. + +The Simulator software is fully free and open source. It's written from +ground-up in an easy to learn and high-level scripting language called +Python. Everyone is welcome to modify Simulator in any way to best suite +their needs (note a [very permissive] BSD License is protecting Simulator). +If you'd rather would like us customizing or developing particular +Simulator feature for you, please let us know the details. + Producing SNMP snapshots ------------------------