SNMPv2c security

Like SNMPv1, SNMPv2c uses the notion of communities to establish trust between SNMP managers and SNMP agents. Unlike SNMPv1, SNMPv2c uses an updated version of the structure of management information (SMI), which extends the MIB object tree, allows several new data types, and makes a number of other changes. SNMPv2c is more efficient than SNMPv1 and has better error-handling capabilities.