JN0-102 · Question #197
What is the default SNMP permission level on Junos devices?
The correct answer is C. read-only. On Junos devices, the default Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) permission level for a community string is read-only. This means that devices can query information but cannot make configuration changes via SNMP by default.
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What is the default SNMP permission level on Junos devices?
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- Aread
- Bread-write
- Cread-only
- Dwrite
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- D4% (1)
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On Junos devices, the default Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) permission level for a community string is read-only. This means that devices can query information but cannot make configuration changes via SNMP by default.
'read' is often used interchangeably with 'read-only' in general networking, but in Junos, the specific keyword for default read access is `read-only`.
`read-write` access allows both viewing and modifying device configuration or state via SNMP, which is not the default for security reasons.
By default, when an SNMP community string is configured on a Junos device without explicitly specifying a permission level, it is assigned `read-only` access. This security-conscious default prevents unauthorized write operations to the device's configuration or state via SNMP.
`write` access alone is not a standard SNMP permission level and is less granular than `read-write`.
Concept tested: Junos SNMP default permissions
Source: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/snmp/topics/topic-map/snmp-community-strings.html
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