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How would you keep intruders from getting sensitive information regarding the network devices using SNMP?

The SNMP Read-Only Community String is like a password. The string is sent along with each SNMP Get-Request and allows (or denies) access to a device. Most network vendors ship their equipment with a default password of "public". This is the so-called "default public community string". How would you keep intruders from getting sensitive information regarding the network devices using SNMP? (Select 2 answers)

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A.
Enable SNMPv3 which encrypts username/password authentication

B.
Use your company name as the public community string replacing the default ‘public’

C.
Enable IP filtering to limit access to SNMP device

D.
The default configuration provided by device vendors is highly secure and you don’t need to change anything

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