Nagios and VPN clients

Andrew Kemp andrew_kemp at pacific.net.au
Tue Nov 12 07:31:47 CET 2002


Hi Bosse,

Thanks for your reply. I am aware of the ability to deploy
Linux firewalls and hence use ssh, smtp check whatever, or
IPSEC and Freeswan as we use it internally.

However the clients I was asking about will be connecting
to us via an MPLS enabled network. How do I go about monitoring
these customers ?

Thanks.

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bosse at klykken.com [mailto:bosse at klykken.com] 
> Sent: Monday, 11 November 2002 10:06 AM
> To: andrew_kemp at pacific.net.au
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios and VPN clients
> 
> 
> Um, here's a workaround: Deploy SSH servers (cheap outdated 
> PC with plain
> Debian and SSH is perfect) on client sites, restrict SSH 
> access to these
> machines on the client firewalls to allow only your HQ's 
> network IP's, and
> add some extra security measures if you're paranoid. Then you 
> can use the
> Nagios libexec command for doing checks via SSH.
> 
> If that's not possible, then you should look into putting up a network
> gateway to these VPN's, if they are standard IPSEC. Look at the
> documentation for your current firewall, or make your own with Linux
> (www.freeswan.org)
> 
> .../Bosse
> 
> > Gidday,
> >
> > We have an upcoming need to expand our Nagios monitoring to
> > cover clients with VPN's. Has anyone worked out a means of
> > deploying Nagios to monitor such clients ?
> >
> > As you know, you have to be a participant in the VPN to be able
> > to monitor.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
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