True is does make sense to just connect in, take a hash, then leave.  (Yeah 
sorry that was my bad wording I meant that by understanding that agentless 
required SSH credentials and I didn't provide any for agent configuration 
(or other types of login authentication) that must mean the server doesn't 
connect in and the agent takes the hashes) Okay, I think I'm on the right 
wavelength now :) Thanks for your time and help.

Patrick.

On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:50:36 PM UTC+1, dan (ddpbsd) wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:49 AM, dan (ddp) <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Patrick S <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> >> Thanks for your reply, Dan.  I was under the impression that the server 
> >> generated the hashes, through one of these agentless types. 
> >> 
> >> ssh_integrity_check_bsd 
> >> ssh_integrity_check_linux 
> >> ssh_generic_diff 
> >> ssh_pixconfig_diff 
> >> 
> > 
> > It probably depends on which one you choose. I can't imagine the linux 
> > or bsd scripts transferring every file you've configured to be checked 
> > to the manager. I could be wrong, I haven't looked at the scripts 
> > much. 
> > 
> >> The docs state that ssh authentication details for the host are 
> required. 
> >> Doesn't a machine doing the work go against what agentless appears to 
> be? 
> >> My understanding was that nothing was installed? 
> >> 
> > 
> > The scripts are supposed to use what is already installed on the system, 
> so no? 
> > 
> >> Hmm I seem to have inadvertently also answered my question, as I didn't 
> >> provide any SSH authentication details for the agent based monitoring. 
> >> 
>
> There wasn't a question related to this, and you shouldn't need SSH 
> authentication credentials for agents. 
>
> >> 
> >> On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 1:29:29 PM UTC+1, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
> >>> 
> >>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Patrick S <[email protected]> 
> wrote: 
> >>> > I understand that in agentless monitoring the server takes the 
> baseline 
> >>> > of 
> >>> > files, but what about when an agent is installed on a machine - does 
> the 
> >>> > agent take the baseline or does the server? 
> >>> > 
> >>> 
> >>> The agent generates the hashes of the files on the system and sends 
> >>> that information to the manager. I believe it works the same way for 
> >>> agentless. 
> >>> 
> >>> > Many thanks, 
> >>> > Patrick 
> >>> > 
> >>> > -- 
> >>> > 
> >>> > --- 
> >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google 
> >>> > Groups 
> >>> > "ossec-list" group. 
> >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, 
> send 
> >>> > an 
> >>> > email to [email protected]. 
> >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> 
> >> --- 
> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google 
> Groups 
> >> "ossec-list" group. 
> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send 
> an 
> >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. 
> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 
>

-- 

--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"ossec-list" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to [email protected].
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Reply via email to