org.snmp4j.security

Interface SecurityProtocol

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuthenticationProtocol, PrivacyProtocol

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthGeneric, AuthHMAC128SHA224, AuthHMAC192SHA256, AuthHMAC256SHA384, AuthHMAC384SHA512, AuthMD5, AuthSHA, AuthSHA2, Priv3DES, PrivacyGeneric, PrivAES, PrivAES128, PrivAES192, PrivAES192With3DESKeyExtension, PrivAES256, PrivAES256With3DESKeyExtension, PrivAESWith3DESKeyExtension, PrivDES

public interface SecurityProtocol
extends Serializable

The SecurityProtocol class defines common methods of authentication and privacy protocols.

Version:

2.6.0

Author:

Frank Fock, Jochen Katz

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OID	getID() Gets the OID uniquely identifying the privacy protocol.
int	getMaxKeyLength() Get the maximum length of the key in bytes for this security protocol.
boolean	isSupported() Checks whether this security protocol is actually supported by this Java runtime environment.

Method Detail

getID

OID getID()

Gets the OID uniquely identifying the privacy protocol.

Returns:

an OID instance.

isSupported

boolean isSupported()

Checks whether this security protocol is actually supported by this Java runtime environment.

Returns:

true if this security protocol is supported, false otherwise.

Since:

2.5.0

getMaxKeyLength

int getMaxKeyLength()

Get the maximum length of the key in bytes for this security protocol.

Returns:

the (maximum) length of the security protocols key.

Since:

2.6.0