I know of the nice thing of snmp. But security has also to do with who is setting up the connection. With SNMP monitoring from a remote host, that remote host is setting op the connections. When sending the data from the system, the system don't have to allow any incomming sessions.
-----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schwartzkopff Sent: vrijdag 13 mei 2005 11:16 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FW-1] Monitoring Of CheckPoint/SPLAT Firewalls Hi, never heard of the nice protocol SNMP? You can get EVERYTHING you want to know about a machine with this protocol. Even SVN state! And this is much easier than writing your own tftp script and MUCH more secure if you use SNMPv3. Am Freitag, 13. Mai 2005 11:00 schrieb Klomp, H.: > Hi Andy, > > We are also using Big Brother, in combination with MRTG graphics. > What we do on the SPLAT is run some commands to get Memory, swap and disk > information. Then we use a simple tftp script to copy this to the Big > Brother Display host. There we have a script running that is reading these > files and importing the data into the mrtg graphics and sending a BB > command to Big Brother. > > regards, > > Bert Klomp > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy > France > Sent: vrijdag 13 mei 2005 0:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FW-1] Monitoring Of CheckPoint/SPLAT Firewalls > > I would like to integrate some basic system monitoring on my > firewalls. They are all SPLAT NG AI R55 on IBM x336 servers. > > We are currently running a Big Brother/Hobbit mix, with a preference for > Big Brother. I would like to duplicate the basic Big Brother client stuff > (cpu, disk etc) as well as including counts for packet statistics. > > I am looking either for a bundled RPM client I can install on this version > of SPLAT, or a SNMP script for external monitoring. I have the CheckPoint > MIB info so could eventually build a script myself, but I'm looking to > shortcut the process a bit! > > If anybody has had experience with this, or can point me to the right > resources, I would be most appreciative. > > Thanks and regards, > Andy. > > ########################################################################### >########## > > This email is intended for the person to whom it is addressed > only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, copy > or use the contents in any way. 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