Description: This object contains the key used to encrypt/decrypt the configuration file when secure SNMPv3 provisioning is used. The value of this object is provided along with the configuration file information (pktcMtaDevConfigFile) and hash (pktcMtaDevProvConfigHash) by the Provisioning Server via SNMP SET once the configuration file has been created, as defined by the PacketCable Security specification.

The privacy algorithm is defined by the pktcMtaDevProvConfigEncryptAlg MIB object. The MTA requirements related to the privacy algorithm are defined in the PacketCable Security Specification.

If this object is set at any other provisioning step than that allowed by the PacketCable MTA Device

Provisioning Specification, the MTA SHOULD return an 'inconsistentValue' error. This object must not be used in non secure provisioning mode. In non-secure provisioning modes, the MTA SHOULD return an 'inconsistentValue' in response to SNMP SET operations, and the MTA SHOULD return a zero-length string in response to SNMP GET operations. If a value is written into an instance of pktcMtaDevProvConfigKey, the agent MUST NOT retain the supplied value across MTA re-initializations or reboots.