agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation Class Reference

agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation More...

#include <agentpp_agentx_mib.h>

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Public Types

enum  labels { e_enabled = 1, e_disabled = 2 }

Public Member Functions

 agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation ()
virtual ~agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation ()
virtual long get_state ()
virtual void set_state (long)
virtual int prepare_set_request (Request *, int &)

Static Public Attributes

static
agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation
instance


Detailed Description

agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation

"To enable source address validation of incoming subagent connections in an AgentX++ master agent, set this object to enabled(1).

Source address validation is necessary for TCP AgentX connections for security reasons. In contrast to UNIX domain sockets, (pure) TCP provides no means to control the access of a server port. So any subagent, even remote subagents, may connect to an AgentX master agent, if source address validation is disabled(2) and not other security policies (i.e. firewall) are installed.

On non UNIX based systems, AgentX++ enables source address validation by default to prevent subagents trying to connect from non local IP addresses, because these systems provide TCP support only."


Member Enumeration Documentation

Enumerator:
e_enabled 
e_disabled 


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation::agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation (  ) 

virtual agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation::~agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation (  )  [virtual]


Member Function Documentation

virtual long agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation::get_state (  )  [virtual]

virtual void agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation::set_state ( long   )  [virtual]

virtual int agentppAgentXExtSrcAddrValidation::prepare_set_request ( Request *  ,
int &   
) [virtual]


Member Data Documentation


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