A snmpsession is an opaque data structure which specifies a
The new_snmpsession() creates a new session. The SNMPSOCK should have previously created by the
application using, new_snmpsock(). The host should will be looked up using gethostbyname() and the
community string is something like a password in SNMP lingo but it doesn't have a username associated
with it and it is transmitted in clear text within the packets. In most cases, there are a couple of
community strings. One is only allowed to read and the other is allowed to both read and write. The
default read-only community name is "public". If set the community name to NULL, the community name will
default to public.
The new_snmpsession_quick() function is very similar to the new_snmpsession() function except the
community name always defaults to "public".
The delete_snmpsock() function is the opposite of the new_snmpsession() function. It frees all memory and
resources currently being used by the SNMPSESSION structure.