[Nagiosplug-devel] RE: [Nagiosplug-help] check-http with client certificate authoriz ation

[Subhendu Ghosh]

check_http uses OpenSSL already.  Can you see if the code can be made into 
a patch?

If not post it on Sourceforge and a new plugin.

-sg

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Pehla, Fabian wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've implemented a check_http Plugin which is - besides some other new
> features - able to use client certifictes for authentication.
> 
> This plugin implements nearly all options which are supported by the
> original plugin from 1.3.0 release, but the implementation is quite
> different. It is based on OpenSSL functionality, so other SSL
> implementations won't work
> 
> The "Error in recv()" you mentioned below just means that the server's
> request for a client certificate is not handled by the plugin from release
> 1.3.0. I assume your server requests a client certificate prior to asking
> for basic authentication, am I right?
> 
> If you're interested I may make my Version of check_http available on
> sourceforge.
> 
> Fabian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heckert, Torsten [mailto:torsten.heckert at sap.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 3:30 PM
> To: 'nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: [Nagiosplug-help] check-http with client certificate
> authorization
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently evaluating to monitor some of our webservers using nagios.
> Some of them offer SingleSignOn by accepting clientside certificates. It is
> also possible to log on using basic authentication.
> 
> When I access these servers check_http seems to crash:
> 
> [server accepting SSO]
> > ./check_http -H sapneth1.wdf.sap.corp -S -v -a xxxxx:yyyyy
> SSL seeding: OK
> Error in recv()
> 
> [same server using http]
> > ./check_http -H sapneth1.wdf.sap.corp -p 1080 -a xxxxx:yyyyy
> HTTP ok: HTTP/1.1 200 OK -   7.382 second response time |time=  7.382
> 
> [server without SSO using https]
> > ./check_http -H www001.sap-ag.de -S
> HTTP ok: HTTP/1.1 200 OK -   0.727 second response time |time=  0.727
> 
> Version: check_http (nagios-plugins 1.3.0) 1.24
> 
> Is there a possibibilty for a workaround or a different plugin that may
> solve this issue?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Torsten
> 
> 
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