nagios client for security/asset mgmt..

[Marcel Mitsuto Fucatu Sugano]

Bruce,

You are thinking like ITIL's configuration database, something like
that? 

So you need a client who can gather all info you need to report, and
then send it to nagios, to monitor all those resources? Well, Nagios
operates in such a manner that it can wait for a result of any kind, as
long it is in Nagios protocol, and report to anyone who needs to be
reported, about the monitored host environment. Then, yes, you can use
Nagios to keep a server configuration up-to-date monitored. But, you
will need to write your plugin, and use nrpe, or whichever client who
could run this plugin, and return status of CRITICAL, WARNING, UNKNOWN,
or OK. Determined by your needs.

Well, i am thinking Unix, talking about nrpe. Don't know if there is any
port of NRPE for Microsoft's O.S. but I suspect there is. Someone with
more knowledge than me surely can tell you about it.

Cheers.

On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 12:40 -0800, bruce wrote:
> eng...
> 
> thanks for the reply...
> 
> however, my understanding of nagios, is that it can use client apps, and
> that it can monitor the outputs/states of these apps (depending on the
> clients/nagios settings...)
> 
> if that's the case, my original question is valid, as i'm trying to figure
> out if clients have been developed/used to do what i suggested...
> 
> -bruce
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Tedman Eng
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:46 AM
> To: 'bedouglas at earthlink.net'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios client for security/asset mgmt..
> 
> 
> Nagios _monitors_ stuff.
> 
> To accurately monitor, you need known quantities.  Nagios checks these known
> quantities at regular intervals and alerts when they change or are out of
> bounds.
> 
> Assessing a system is a different beast.  All the quantities are unknown.
> After assessment, you end with a database of known quantities, which you can
> THEN plug in the important ones into nagios to monitor.
> 
> 
> I suggest you look at some tools that may better match your needs:
> psinfo
> nmap
> WINventory
> 
> more at http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/18/179206
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bruce [mailto:bedouglas at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:45 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] nagios client for security/asset mgmt..
> 
> 
> hi...
> 
> curious to know if anyone has created a cleint for windows boxes to be used
> as an asset mgmt client? thinking about a client that would return every bit
> of information about the system as possible!!
>  -hardware
>  -software
>  -ports
>  -interfaces
>  -services
>  -etc..
> 
> also interested to know if anyone has created/used/knowledge of a
> msoft/windows client for use in a security environment? the client
> would/should return information regarding..
>  -hardware
>  -software
>  -ports
>  -interfaces
>  -services
>  -apps running
>  -virus apps/etc..
>  -malware app running/etc...
>  -etc..
> 
> has anyone knowledge of anyone using nagios as the server/host/central hub
> for this kind of information/processes..
> 
> thanks
> 
> -bruce
> bedouglas at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
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