encrypting or protecting nagios config files

[Marc Powell]

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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