From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 15:29:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEBFC106564A for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9FF8FC12 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:29:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m8HFTpV0065264; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:29:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id m8HFTpcu065263; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:29:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:29:51 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20080917152951.GH11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <20080912234822.GK11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20080914211136.1be3550d@ayiin> <20080914120749.GN11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20080918003927.56387d63@ayiin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LTOOacGxsHChHpmt" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080918003927.56387d63@ayiin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using sysctl(1) to gather resource consumption data X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:29:57 -0000 --LTOOacGxsHChHpmt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:39:27AM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > ... > > Also, the only times I have used SNMP, it has been using a version that > > did not support encryption in any form (as for as I know), and since > > some of the transit was over facilities we don't control, I thought it > > would be a bit more sensible to use SSH for the transport. >=20 > but do you use encryption with your current system?=20 Since it uses SSH for transport, yes. And it uses authentication, too (for the same reason). > [...] > > Mind, I'm not especially keen on re-inventing stuff that already works > > (or can be reasonably persuaded to work). But in this case, running an > > SNMP daemon seemed to fail to meet my (admittedly, somewhat self- > > imposed) requirements. >=20 > hey , your requirements are yours :) I was just curious to know why snmp = didnt > cut it. Fair enough. :-} Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --LTOOacGxsHChHpmt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjRIm4ACgkQmprOCmdXAD3EwQCfWTWO0M3GgAgsYsFSKrfKozA6 kHMAnRRhFCrpi8rGSxCNA9ukSckRE1UZ =TMVu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LTOOacGxsHChHpmt--