Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend.

[henrik (at) hswn.dk (Henrik Stoerner)]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:41:28PM +0100, Stef Coene wrote:
> On Friday 08 December 2006 21:50, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 04:52:02PM +0100, Stef Coene wrote:
> > > On my todo-list:
> > > - web based driven configuration
> > > - external collection of status messages and trending
> > > - mis use of hobbit and data channels for communication
> > >     -> can this be protected with ssl or something else ?
> >
> > Not as it is now. If you need that, I'd suggest installing something
> > like OpenVPN and feed the communications through that - it's simple,
> > easy to setup, and a reasonably efficient communications path.
> Pff, my servers will be AIX boxes :(
> The best thing I can think off is ssh forwarding.

Well, adding SSL support for the communication with the Hobbit network
daemon has been on my list of "nice to have" features for some time.
It seems more and more people are asking for it.


Regards,
Henrik