NRPE

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:33:51 +0200
Brent Clark <brentgclarklist at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the nrpe on my LAN. My question is. How many of you guys run
> NRPE on a public interface.
> 
> Question really is and and for the Lamen, is it safe. Anyone have any 
> hack attempts etc.

We run it on some public-facing IP Addresses, however we use a firewall
such as shorewall to limit connections to port 5666 to only certain IP
addresses.

It's basically a firewall rule that states:

DROP EVERYTHING 
	UNLESS:
		IP ADDRESS IS AN AUTHORISED IP

Hope this helps,

M.
-- 
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk

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