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		johng on Dec 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Checkmate, a server and infrastructure mo... Running an agent on every server that reports back to the master server is a huge security vector. Running a daemon on a server that scrapes data is also a security vector.

KetoManx64 on Dec 7, 2024 | [–]

Zabbix, Nagios, and a whole suite of other very widely used IT monitoring tools do this. What makes this project more of a security issue?

gorkemcetin on Dec 6, 2024 | [–]

How would you solve the problem of collecting data from servers?

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