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<reference anchor='RFC2574'>

<front>
<title abbrev='USM for SNMPv3'>User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)</title>
<author initials='U.' surname='Blumenthal' fullname='Uri Blumenthal'>
<organization>IBM T. J. Watson Research</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>30 Saw Mill River Pkwy</street>
<city>Hawthorne</city>
<region>NY</region>
<code>10532</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 914 784 7064</phone>
<email>uri@watson.ibm.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='B.' surname='Wijnen' fullname='Bert Wijnen'>
<organization>IBM T. J. Watson Research</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Schagen 33</street>
<street>3461 GL Linschoten</street>
<country>NL</country></postal>
<phone>+31 34 8432794</phone>
<email>wijnen@vnet.ibm.com</email></address></author>
<date month='April' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>This document describes the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMP
   version 3 for use in the SNMP architecture.  It defines the
   Elements of Procedure for providing SNMP message level security.
   This document also includes a MIB for remotely monitoring/managing
   the configuration parameters for this Security Model.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2574' />
</reference>
