Configuration files obfuscation

[Mat W]

if the idea is for others not to see it... why not just ensure proper file ownership and limited permissions?

 

Assuming only Root and Nagios users can read the file... I'd think anyone that could become those users should be able to read them anyway.

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:53:11 -0400
From: ebaddouh at gmail.com
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] Configuration files obfuscation

Hi,

is ther a way to obfuscate configuration files?

edward

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