METHOD TO ACQUIRE SNMP COMMUNITY CHARACTER STRING PASSWORD OF NETWORK ENTITY AND COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM BY CLIENT APPLICATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method in which SNMP community character string data to protect access to a network entity such as a multifunctional printer (MFP) device, can be readily acquired by a client application.;SOLUTION: A site to include SNMP community data character strings 14a, 16a, 18a of a variety of network entities 14, 16, 18 such as an MFP device is provided on a network 10. Client applications 20, 22, 24 requesting to use one or more of these entities 14, 16, 18 have a function by themselves to issue a certification to identify themselves, and after that receives related SNMP community data character string information from a proper site, for example, existing in a community character string data base server 26.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO