# Forced passwords and SNMP community strings change

**URL:** <https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/forced-passwords-and-snmp-community-strings-change/88944>\
**Category:** ePMP\
**Tags:** knowledge-base\
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/forced-passwords-and-snmp-community-strings-change/88944 "2022-10-17T15:26:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![MW\_WISP](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.cambiumnetworks.com/mw_wisp/32/12227_2.png) [@MW\_WISP](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/MW_WISP)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/forced-passwords-and-snmp-community-strings-change/88944/10 "2022-11-07T16:25:00Z")

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> [@Fedor](#):
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> So we forced passwords and SNMP community strings change in software and tried to make it as user friendly as possible. That is common approach that all vendors are implementing nowadays.  
> We understand that it can cause inconveniences and needs some extra work to be done, but it’s vitally important and it is better to make these changes and spent some time now, then restoring access after hacker’s attack.
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> With great respect to each and every our customer we notified everyone in Release Notes and additionally directly in Downloads section on the web-site, posted that information in community and advised how to make required changes.

Hi @Fedor,

as I wrote before, these changes are welcome. Really.  
Problem is: these changes are mandatory before a very important upgrade, and we know about them only after RC-56(?) is out. This let us few time to manage this issue.  
And if we ask for a delay (I think public beta are for a public feedback from us) or a rethinking all we got is:

> [@How to handle forced security changes during software update](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/how-to-handle-forced-security-changes-during-software-update/89074/2):
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> you can prepare it in your own temp before upgrading your network

and after saying “this is simplicistic, I think none of you have experience managing network of thousands of devices” I got

> [@How to handle forced security changes during software update](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/how-to-handle-forced-security-changes-during-software-update/89074/4):
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> Yeap! We have just the experience of creating those devices and management tools for them.

or the answer above, we can’t be happy.  
Especially with this version, where we waited for months to have some news.

Thanks.

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