All MIBs › SCS-ks-MIB
Organization: None
Last Updated: 2020-11-05
Category: Miscellaneous and Generic MIBs
Description: Manages a generic key server configuration, key distribution, and authentication state.
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What Is SCS-ks-MIB?
SCS-ks-MIB is described as an 'unofficial' MIB module for a generic SCS Key Server (KS), covering key distribution and authentication service management. Based on its stated purpose it exposes configuration and operational data related to cryptographic key distribution and authentication state for the key server software/service. Its monitoring value is software/service-status oriented: an administrator would use it to confirm the key server process is running and correctly distributing keys and to detect authentication failures or service disruptions, functioning as a process/service-status MIB rather than one covering physical hardware sensors. Being labeled 'unofficial,' it does not appear to build on a formal IETF or industry-standard key-management MIB, and its authorship/vendor context is otherwise unclear from the available text. It would be deployed wherever an SCS key server is running as part of a secured authentication/key-distribution infrastructure, making this SCS-ks-MIB reference useful for administrators monitoring that infrastructure to ensure continuous availability of the key distribution service.
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Supported Devices
- generic key server (SCS KS) host/appliance
Monitoring Examples
No object or table names were captured for this MIB (sample_objects is empty), so a specific polling example cannot be given with confidence. Based on its stated purpose as an unofficial key-server MIB, an administrator would expect to poll a service-status object to confirm the key distribution/authentication process is running, but this cannot be grounded in verified object names here.
Imported Objects
From IF-MIB
| ifEntry | OBJECT-TYPE |
| ifIndex | OBJECT-TYPE |
From RFC1155-SMI
| Counter | |
| Gauge | |
| IpAddress |
From RFC1213-MIB
| DisplayString |
From SNMPv2-CONF
| OBJECT-GROUP |
From SNMPv2-MIB
| sysContact | OBJECT-TYPE |
| sysLocation | OBJECT-TYPE |
| sysName | OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| Integer32 | |
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| NOTIFICATION-TYPE | |
| OBJECT-TYPE | |
| enterprises |
OIDs
RFC description
Vendor-private MIB for key server (ks) management in SCS (Secure Communication System) infrastructure.
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