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davidfisher
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May 30, 2019

How to use integers or numbers in custom SNMP Traps?

Hi I am asking this from some questions I came across. How would you make a trap for 01010029:5: Clock advanced by <number> ticks Is <number> the right way or should it be int or *int somethi...
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davidfisher
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Jun 01, 2019

so .* only stands for numerics or integers or for any string?

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Hamish
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Jun 01, 2019

Its a regex...

 

. == any character

* == 0 or more of the preceding character

 

So .* effectively matches ANY string. Including an empty one.

 

See https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip-afm/manuals/product/dns-dos-firewall-implementations-11-6-0/6.html for details of alert configs

Also see https://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html for a regex cheat sheet.

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