What are the reasons to use NRPE?

[James Pratt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk [mailto:roy at karlsbakk.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:03 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] What are the reasons to use NRPE?
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I just wonder what the reasons are to use NRPE in favour of checks
> over ssh with ssh keys. To me, NRPE seems just one more piece of
> software that may potentioally be broken and more hassle with
> firewalls. Why do people still use it when ssh checks are just as
> simple and (in my opinion) far more secure?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> roy
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> Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
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> roy at karlsbakk.net
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Hi there are many many, different reasons one may wish to utilize nrpe
over ssh - many sites do not even run ssh, or if they do, may not allow
privileges needed, or may not even allow Public key auth in their
configs. It really depends on the site. 



Thanks,
Jamie

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