encrypting or protecting nagios config files
White, Richard L
rlwhite at illinois.edu
Mon Mar 9 15:15:52 CET 2009
Thanks, you answered my question.
Rich White
Service Manager -- Illinois Compass
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Powell [mailto:marc at ena.com]
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 9:04 AM
To: nagios-users ML
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] encrypting or protecting nagios config files
On Mar 9, 2009, at 8:23 AM, White, Richard L wrote:
> I'm new so forgive a dumb question...
> Is the resource.cfg on the monitored system or on the Nagios server?
Nagios server.
> If it is on the Nagios server, will the information be sent in plain
> text to the monitored system?
Depends on your use. If you're using check_by_ssh or NRPE with SSL,
then no, the transport between the nagios server and the remote server
would be encrypted.
If you need a more specific answers, provide more specific information/
scenarios.
--
Marc
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