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Security protocol must be one of "AES128", or "AES E_ERROR
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Description
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The fourth argument of snmp3_get() must be one of the following values, "AES128", or "AES". 

The DES protocol must be inactive to see this error message. Otherwise, a distinct message is displayed. 

Case is important. There are not constants to for these values.

Example
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.. code-block:: php

   <?php
   
   try {
       var_dump(snmp3_get($hostname, $community, '', 'protocol', '', '', '', '');
   } catch (\ValueError $e) {
       echo $e->getMessage() . \PHP_EOL;
   }
   
   ?>

Solutions
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+ Use one of the two possible values.

Related Error Messages
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+ :ref:`security-protocol-must-be-one-of-"des",-"aes128",-or-"aes-e_error`