<![CDATA[Securing the agent]]>hi,

How secure is the nxagent?
sockstat on FreeBSD shows that port 4700 is open, but what can be done and from where does it accept connections?
I'm running it as a user now, but running it as root gives a lot more options.

How safe is it to do that?

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/topic/232/securing-the-agentRSS for NodeFri, 13 Nov 2026 12:41:15 GMTThu, 21 Feb 2008 16:40:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Securing the agent on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:54:24 GMT]]>It should be safe. Agent will accept connections only from hosts listed in configuration file. Connections from all other addresses will be closed immediatelly without sending or receiving any data. Also, you may configure agent to require additional authentication with shared secret, and to require encrypted connections.

Best regards,
Victor

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