Multiple Servers on the internet -- possible?

[Peter Gutmann]

Yes there are security issues.

What sort of security issues that are involved depend on the host based 
and network based security and what you are looking to monitor. For 
example, if you are monitoring a web site (www.yahoo.com) to check 
internet connectivity. Then the standard check_http should work, and you 
would just have to secure the outside interface of the machine used to run 
the monitor. If you are looking to monitor your own web servers, you are 
presented with a very different challenge. The key thing is to not rely on 
any single protocol, single piece of hardware, or single device to protect 
your applications, networks and hosts. 
In short, you should fully secure each of your web server farms, build 
secure VPN connections between the web sever farms, and regularly monitor 
all of the log files. 

If you can tell us more about what you are attempting to accomplish, 
perhaps we can help more.

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Peter Gutmann
Peter.Gutmann at db.com





"Srinivas Kotapally" <ksrinivas at bisil.com>
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Hi all

I want to be able to use Nagios to monitor 3-4 servers (running RedHat
Linux).  What kind of access do I require on each box if they are all
internet server (not on the same local network).   Are there any security
issues that I need to keep in mind before setting this up?

Any input appreciated in advance!

Cheers

KS

-----
Srinivas Kotapally, Analyst

BISIL North America Inc.
919, Conestoga Road, Suite 206, Bldg 2
Rosemont, PA 19010



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