I have several Windows Server 2008 64-bit VMs that I monitor with MRTG. All of them are working except one - it doesn't respond to anything on port 161. Funny thing, initially it worked, and then ...

In the two-and-a-half months since a significant vulnerability was discovered in the industry-standard SNMP protocol, Microsoft has been steadily releasing patches for affected versions of Windows.

Microsoft Corp. on Feb. 15 released a patch for two versions of its Windows operating system to secure a hole discovered in a critical networking technology that could allow an attacker to stage ...

Microsoft Corp. notified customers late Monday that a third patch is available to protect Windows platforms from the industry-wide SNMP security vulnerability. This time the patch covers Windows NT ...

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday advised users of its Windows server and client operating systems to disable the SNMP service if it is running because of a buffer overrun vulnerability in the ...

I've never been sure of this either but I've always checked it. (stupid I know). I believe a way to test this would be to uncheck this option then run getif against the server to get it's snmp walk ...

Microsoft Corp. continues to work on bringing out patches for all versions of Windows affected by the industry-wide security vulnerability in SNMP. Microsoft alerted subscribers to its Security ...

Adam is the author of the AdamtheAutomator.com blog, and works as a Microsoft systems administrator specializing in the Microsoft System Center suite and PowerShell automation. SNMPv1, the original ...