Unable to read output from NRPE

[Andreas Ericsson]

Jason Martin wrote:
>>  this seems to be a problem with SSL !! 
>>  If you have compiled NRPE on the Server with SSL 
>>  you have to it the same way on the client. This problem 
>>  is common when using precompiled daemons from RPMs ... 
> 
> Which reminds me, a nice addition to NRPE would be having the
> server print out a banner and a list of capabilities (such as
> TLS), after which check_nrpe can decide if it wants to proceed
> with the connection. check_nrpe could then be configured to
> either require TLS or make it optional.
> 

I've been thinking about that (implemented as a handshake), but it would 
mean redesigning the protocol once again. Backwards compatibility is 
getting important, and it's getting harder to implement.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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