Dan sez: >I haven't tried the binary install methods, but I don't remember >seeing many issues with it.
I have, when I wanted to install an agent on a "hardened Linux" from a vendor, and when I wanted to install on some of our self-hardened systems. What I learned is that if the target is x64 then you should build on an x64, but even more so if your target is x86 (32-bit) then you need to build on a 32-bit. Kernel levels are important too; I had to install a CentOS 4.x system to build one of my agent installs on (easily done in this day of virtual systems) - it just wouldn't run if I built it on a more current system. I notice that the only Windows agent available is 32-bit. This should run OK on 64-bit Windows systems but I do not yet have any agents installed on 2008 Server or Win7. -- Shane Castle Data Security Mgr, Boulder County IT CISSP GSEC GCIH
