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Update Security section in the Distributed Monitoring chapter 

fixes #5057
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Michael Friedrich 2017-03-10 18:19:22 +01:00
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@ -153,15 +153,16 @@ nodes (firewalls, policies, software hardening, etc.), Icinga 2 also provides
additional security:
* SSL certificates are mandatory for communication between nodes. The CLI commands
help you create those certs automatically.
help you create those certificates.
* Child zones only receive updates (check results, commands, etc.) for their configured objects.
* Child zones are not allowed to push configuration updates to parent zones.
* Zones cannot interfere with other zones and influence each other. Each checkable host or service object is assigned to **one zone** only.
* All nodes in a zone trust each other.
* [Config sync](6-distributed-monitoring.md#distributed-monitoring-top-down-config-sync) and [remote command endpoint execution](6-distributed-monitoring.md#distributed-monitoring-top-down-command-endpoint) is disabled by default.
The underlying protocol is using JSON-RPC events sent over TLS secured
connections. In case you are interested in specific details, please
check the source code.
The underlying protocol uses JSON-RPC event notifications exchanged by nodes.
The connection is secured by TLS. The message protocol uses an internal API,
and as such message types and names may change internally and are not documented.
## <a id="distributed-monitoring-setup-master"></a> Master Setup