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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am yet to investigate this… using stunnel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Administration_Guide#Hobbit(bb)/XyMon_port_1984_encryption_Using_Stunnel">System Monitoring with Xymon/Administration Guide - Wikibooks, open books for an open world</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Xymon <xymon-bounces@xymon.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ralph M<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 9 June 2021 5:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Thurston <john.thurston@alaska.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> xymon@xymon.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: [Xymon] Is Xymon Alive?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've been hoping for a fix for point A, encrypted communications, for some time. At one time it was going to be rolled into the next release.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ralph Mitchell<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:17 PM John Thurston <<a href="mailto:john.thurston@alaska.gov">john.thurston@alaska.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is worth noting that out of the box:<br>
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A) the Xymon client <> server communication channel is unencrypted TCP<br>
B) there is neither authentication or authorization of that channel<br>
C) any client may send valid messages for any hostname<br>
D) the Xymon server may send arbitrary code to the client for execution<br>
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Do things because you should, not just because you can.<br>
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John Thurston 907-465-8591<br>
<a href="mailto:John.Thurston@alaska.gov" target="_blank">John.Thurston@alaska.gov</a><br>
Department of Administration<br>
State of Alaska<br>
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On 6/8/2021 9:54 AM, Bruce Ferrell wrote:<br>
> The "worst", most technical thing I know about installing Xymon is <br>
> building from source (my preferred method), but just about any modern <br>
> Linux distro has binaries available. The second "worst" thing is <br>
> editing text files to configure it. There have been configuration tools <br>
> attempted, but to my knowledge, really gone nowhere.<br>
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