Why does Security Manager use Secure Shell (SSH) protocol for agents monitoring Cisco Secure Pix Fir (NETIQKB23377)

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Why does Security Manager use Secure Shell (SSH) protocol for agents monitoring Cisco Secure Pix Firewall?

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Why does the agent require an SSH connection for Cisco Secure PIX Firewall?

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Security Manager 4.X

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Security Manager 5.X

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The Security Manager agent requires the use of SSH connection to collect firewall performance data and to back up and audit firewall configuration. The agent uses SSH because it is secure and provides encrypted communication. Security Manager has adopted and modified the source code for the PuTTY freeware SSH tool to build an SSH client tool for Security Manager.

Formerly known as NETIQKB23377