C# Class SnmpSharpNet.Authentication

Helper class to make dealing with multiple (if 2 qualifies as multiple) authentication protocols in a transparent way. Calling class keeps the authentication protocol selection (as defined on the agent) in an integer variable that can have 3 values: AuthenticationDigests.None, AuthenticationDigests.MD5, or AuthenticationDigests.SHA1. Using Authentication.GetInstance, calling method can get authentication protocol implementation class instance cast as IAuthenticationDigest interface and perform authentication operations (either authenticate outgoing packets to verify authentication of incoming packets) without needing to further care about which authentication protocol is used. Example of how to use this class: IAuthenticationDigest authenticationImplementation = Authentication.GetInstance(AuthenticationDigests.MD5); authenticationImplementation.authenticateIncomingMsg(...); authenticationImplementation.authenticateOutgoingMsg(...);