[CentOS] Suggested way to remotely monitor servers and networks these days?

[Scott Moseman]

On 5/23/07, Dexter Ang <thepoch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm just wondering what is the recommended way of monitoring
> servers and networks remotely. My current setup is to install
> and configure cacti and nagios. I've set these up to require SSL.
> This way, I can easily go to them and login from wherever I am
> and monitor (almost) everything I need to monitor.
>

Why not run a VPN server instead of opening up the server?

Later,
Scott