Support higher authentication and encryption for SNMP v3

This information is also available in the FortiManager 7.6 Administration Guide: SNMP v3 users

SNMP v3 supports added SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512 authentication and AES256 and AES256CISCO encryption algorithms

For SNMP v3, the Authentication Algorithm can now be set to one of the following:

• MD5

• SHA

• SHA224 (new)

• SHA256 (new)

• SHA384 (new)

• SHA512 (new)

For SNMP v3, the Private Algorithm can now be set to one of the following:

• AES

• DES

• AES256 (new)

• AES256CISCO (new)

To set the authentication and encryption algorithms for SNMP v3 using the GUI:

1. Go to System Settings > Network.

2. In the SNMP v3 section, click Create New.

3. From the Security Level dropdown, select Authentication, Privacy.

4. Select the Authentication Algorithm and enter the Password.

   

5. Select the Private Algorithm and enter the Password.

   

6. Configure the other options, and click OK.

To set the authentication and encryption algorithms for SNMP v3 using the CLI:

config system snmp user

edit <name>

set auth-proto {md5 | sha | sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512}

set priv-proto {aes | aes256 | aes256cisco | des}

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