better still why dont you setup a simple vpn to to each host from the monitoring box, and only bind the snmpd to the interal ip, forewall off the public side totally. If all the machines are local then just build a service network to run the snmp traffic over instead of the vpn, basically there are loads of ways you can secure the snmp traffic from external prying eyes
-------------------------------------------------------- I think trying to find a systems management/monitoring solution that doesn't use snmp that is free might be difficult. I'm sure there are applications out there that will do what your looking for but that will have a daemon running on your managed client, or, monitored system, and with that said, then you have to start thinking about how to secure that. If your worried about security and all of these machines are running FreeBSD, then why not run ipfw or ipf on those machines to allow only those machines you specify in? That way you could run SNMP and do utilize snmp queries to collect data. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@;FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of twig les Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: monitoring CPU/mem etc without SNMP Hey all, after a bit of thinking and some looking thru email archives I'm still stumped on a way to get CPU, memory, disk I/O, disk use etc.... info from one machine to another without using SNMP. All these boxes are FreeBSD 4.7 Release. I'm sure I could rig a script to ssh into the boxes and do a df -h etc. and write the info to a file but my gut tells me there is a MUCH better solution that someone with far better programming skills has already come up with and stuck in the ports collection. So is anyone doing this? The key I'm looking for is security, which negates SNMP. Something small and secure with almost no extra features would be nice. TIA ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- If you give a man a fish, he can eat for a day If you bludgeon him to death, you can eat the fish yourself ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message [EMAIL PROTECTED] regards Chris Scott MK NOC 01908223901 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This email may be confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the sender. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
