From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 03:18:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EAA816A4CE for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 03:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C14B43D49 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 03:18:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i4JAILmY038413 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 19 May 2004 11:18:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i4JAIKxb038412; Wed, 19 May 2004 11:18:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:18:20 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Stephen P. Cravey" Message-ID: <20040519101820.GE24928@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "Stephen P. Cravey" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040517183242.192ead9f.clists@gotbrains.org> <20040518123643.GB46147@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040518162039.13f46501.cravey@gotbrains.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040518162039.13f46501.cravey@gotbrains.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040504, clamav-milter version 0.70u X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote monitoring system variables? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:18:53 -0000 --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 04:20:39PM -0500, Stephen P. Cravey wrote: > I was afraid of that. I'll look more closely into the SNMP MIBS to see > how much of what I need is available. The Issue I have with scripting > SNMP is that the OID numbers for custom scrips seem to be dependant on > how many scripts you are running. I'll verify that, but it looks like I > may be writing some code to handle encrypted (or at least obfuscated) > transmission of sysctl and ipfw data over an authenticated network > connection. Never could decide myself if the concept of read/write access to the sysctl MIB tree via SNMP was "way cool" or "run away, screaming!" Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAqzRriD657aJF7eIRAr8ZAKCgRBpoVAJTeEsnfFb+hzu5neGZTQCfW2sc n3bmdwR9IKMC21h+CQxCxwE= =52e8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg--