CISCO-TAP-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Last Updated: 2005-10-12

Category: Cisco Devices, VPN and Security

Description: Manages CALEA lawful intercept tap streams, target identification, and mediation device interfaces on Cisco routers.

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What Is CISCO-TAP-MIB?

CISCO-TAP-MIB is a Cisco Systems, Inc. proprietary MIB managing Cisco's original lawful-intercept (mediation) feature, later superseded by CISCO-TAP2-MIB with specific filter MIBs. Its mediation table, keyed by an auto-assigned index, records content ID, destination address type/address/port, source interface, RTCP port, DSCP, data type, retransmit type, timeout, transport, notification-enable flag, status, and capabilities, alongside a stream-capabilities object and a stream-IP table (interface, address type, destination address/length). As a lawful-intercept configuration MIB it lets an authorized administrator confirm intercepted-content delivery parameters (destination, transport) on Cisco equipment. It is deployed on Cisco Systems network equipment (legacy lawful-intercept). Engineers can download the CISCO-TAP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-TAP-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • Cisco Systems network equipment (legacy lawful-intercept)

Monitoring Examples

An authorized administrator checks cTapMediationDestAddress and cTapMediationStatus to confirm an intercepted stream is being correctly delivered to the mediation device on Cisco equipment.

What Can Be Monitored

  • mediation delivery destination and status
Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndexOrZero

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressPrefixLength
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
MacAddress
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Manages Cisco intercept (tap) feature for network traffic monitoring and lawful interception.

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