passive vs. active proxy

[miramira007]

Hallo guys,

i have a simple question to the zabbix proxies.

i want to know the main difference between the active and the passive proxy.


So please tell for dummies.

Greatings from Germany
Mira

[LenR]

From the doc:

Active - the proxy will connect to the Zabbix server and request configuration data
Passive - Zabbix server connects to the proxy
Note that (sensitive) proxy configuration data may become available to parties having access to the Zabbix server trapper port when using an active proxy. This is possible because anyone may pretend to be an active proxy and request configuration data; authentication does not take place.