zabbix_agent(d) and Firewalls

[timo]

Hi,

I've now read quite a few forum posts and the documentation, and somebody mentioned that you can choose wether the agent should listen or push its data. However, I was unable to find the option where I can enable this.

I need to monitor a server which is behind a firewall, so it's not actually monitoring, but reporting.

[Wolfgang]

I think this option is not yet implemented and was discussed as a feature request for further versions.

[timo]

Nice to know, so I think I have to stick with an SSH tunnel.

[Alexei]

I think this option is not yet implemented and was discussed as a feature request for further versions.

This functionality will be availably pretty soon, in 1.1alpha8!

[Wolfgang]

This functionality will be availably pretty soon, in 1.1alpha8!

Good to hear

Do you also consider any kind of enryption for the traffic between zabbix client and server for any future V1.1Alpha x release?

[Alexei]

Do you also consider any kind of enryption for the traffic between zabbix client and server for any future V1.1Alpha x release?

Yes, I do. Please, do not expect public key cryptography though. I will implement something simple (DES, 3DES, BLOWFISH, whatever).

[Wolfgang]

Yes, I do. Please, do not expect public key cryptography though. I will implement something simple (DES, 3DES, BLOWFISH, whatever).

Great
As for the encryption type, symmetric encryption is fine. If i remeber correctly, bflowfish has the advantage of manageing unaligend data blocks within the algorithm, but i can be wrong.