Subject: Re: Switches on Oz power outlets

From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 22:09:16 -0500

In message <[email-masked]>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
> 
> Ross Finlayson <[email-masked]> writes:
> > Also, don't forget that on wall switches (like almost every country in with
> > world except the US :-) "down" means "on".
> 
> Places where people use SNMP for turning their lights on and off have
> left this issue far behind. Do you mean to tell me that Australians
> don't all use SNMP for light control yet?
> 
It's a security issue -- they've been waiting for SNMPv3 security to go to 
full standard.  Right now, it's only draft.

		--Steve Bellovin