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From: "Michael Crute" <mcrute@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: SNMP Security
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On 10/30/06, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Michael Crute <mcrute <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > I am using Cacti on a firewalled production server to do all manner of
> > system monitoring and metrics. I would also like to setup SNMP on my
> > development servers that sits behind a firewall at a different data
> > center. Is there a way that I can securely allow SNMP access to my
> > development boxen from the production box. The end result I am looking
> > for is the ability to log in to a single instance of cacti and have
> > access to all of my servers all over the world. Is this possible to do
> > securely? Any recommendations?
>
> Hello Mike,
>
> JFFNMS is a NMS with many,many more features than cacti.
> www.jffnms.org
<snip>
> James

Thanks for the suggestion James, I will have to check it out when I
get some time. Right now I'm stuck with cacti (I say stuck in the
nicest possible way) so I really need to figure out if SNMP is secure
enough to use across the internet.

-Mike

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