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For what security reason would only SNMP Traps be blocked on my corporate network?
At my work, some (allowed) network reconnaissance revealed that only the SNMP Traps service (port 162) is blocked on the network, and not the standard SNMP service (port 161).
It also revealed that the standard SNMP service is not only is open, but is actually being used, regularly.
When I emailed my IT department to ask why this was out of curiosity, all they answered was “to ensure our network is as secure as we can make it,” and not specifically why.
This was a while ago, but what would any/ the most likely security reason for having this ban on SNMP Traps be?
Does SNMP Traps introduce security risks that standard SNMP doesn’t?
I guess there is less control on Traps.
