VPNPOLICY-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Category: VPN and Tunneling

Description: Manages VPN policy configurations including access control, routing policies, and traffic filtering rules for VPN instances.

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What Is VPNPOLICY-MIB?

This is a MIB (vendor unspecified in the available text) for managing VPN policy configuration, covering access control rules, routing policies, and traffic filtering rules applied to VPN instances on a network device. It is a configuration-oriented module rather than a performance/hardware-sensor module, exposing policy definitions that govern how traffic is permitted, routed, or filtered across VPN tunnels or instances. Its relevance to hardware/software status monitoring is indirect: rather than tracking CPU, temperature, or memory, it lets an operator verify that VPN policy software configuration (which access rules and routing/filtering policies are active) matches intent, a software-configuration-state check rather than a fault/performance metric. No explicit dependency on other MIBs is indicated in the available text, though VPN policy modules of this kind commonly complement IPsec or tunnel-status MIBs reporting the operational state of the tunnels the policies apply to. It is typically deployed on VPN gateways, firewalls, or routers where administrators need to audit which access control and traffic-filtering policies are enforced per VPN instance. Network engineers evaluating or troubleshooting this functionality can download the VPNPOLICY-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in VPNPOLICY-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

  • VPN gateway or firewall appliance

Monitoring Examples

No specific object or table names are available for this module in the source excerpt, so a concrete polling scenario cannot be grounded in real identifiers. Based on its stated purpose, an administrator would typically poll a VPN policy table (analogous to a vpnPolicyTable/vpnPolicyEntry) to confirm which access-control and traffic-filtering rules are active for a given VPN instance. A mismatch between the expected and actual active policy would indicate configuration drift or a failed policy push to the device.

What Can Be Monitored

  • VPN policy configuration state
  • access control rule assignment
  • traffic filtering rule assignment
Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

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From RFC1155-SMI

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From RFC1213-MIB

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RFC description

IBM VPN policy MIB for managing virtual private network (VPN) policies, conditions, and actions.

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