SNMP, SunNET Manager and security

[Dave Wreski <dave @ nic . com>]

Hi all.  I'm interested in using SunNET SNMP on a few of the machines in
my DMZ.  I'm wondering the security implications of using this in my DMZ,
protected at both ends by FW-1.

Services such as SMTP and DNS come in from the Internet thru our external
firewall.

I'm not really too familiar with Sun's SNMP, but I understand that SNMP
generally is insecure, correct?  Is it suicide to even think about putting
SNMP between the firewall's, in our DMZ?  If so, why?

Thanks,
Dave Wreski