Node Authentication is the technique
used to ensure that the managing server and data collectors communicate
with each other in a secure manner. In Node Authentication-related
configuration, the kernel,
data collectors,
or Port Consolidator operate in secure mode either individually or
in combination. The configuration changes are common for all the modes
except that a particular component can be made to operate in a different
mode by changing the
security.enabled property on
that particular component. You can use the following combinations:
- Managing server in secure mode and the data collector in nonsecure
mode.
- Data collector in secure mode and the managing server in nonsecure
mode.
- Managing server and data collector in secure or nonsecure mode.