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| author | Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> | 2008-03-18 17:12:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> | 2008-03-18 17:12:13 +0100 |
| commit | 8227b83b7337c57d9c8a5820792626ab5c196426 (patch) | |
| tree | 67b66e6ab3f0fe04793afb33f8daf5a18ad5675d /lib | |
| parent | ce9013c52ea8299c608d9cdf3f3697454057a5d4 (diff) | |
| download | smokeping-8227b83b7337c57d9c8a5820792626ab5c196426.tar.gz smokeping-8227b83b7337c57d9c8a5820792626ab5c196426.tar.xz | |
add some security notes to the master/slave documentation --niko
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diff --git a/lib/Smokeping.pm b/lib/Smokeping.pm index 84775eb..13410af 100644 --- a/lib/Smokeping.pm +++ b/lib/Smokeping.pm @@ -3347,6 +3347,11 @@ and the secret: slave1:secret1 slave2:secret2 ... + +Note that these secrets combined with a man-in-the-middle attack +effectively give shell access to the corresponding slaves (see +L<smokeping_master_slave>), so the file should be appropriately protected +and the secrets should not be easily crackable. END_DOC }, |