Werk #5756: check_mk_agent.linux, check_mk_agent.openwrt: specify message digest for encrypted agent output explicitly

Component Checks & agents
Title check_mk_agent.linux, check_mk_agent.openwrt: specify message digest for encrypted agent output explicitly
Date Apr 18, 2018
Checkmk Edition Checkmk Raw (CRE)
Checkmk Version 1.4.0p31 1.5.0b2 1.6.0b1
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed

For encrypted agent output the default message digest algorithm of OpenSSL was used before. Prior to OpenSSL 1.1 the default is MD5 which is what the Check_MK server is expecting as well. Starting from OpenSSL 1.1. the default message digest algorithm changed to SHA-256 which leads to problems in the communication between hosts with a new OpenSSL version and the Check_MK server. Now the message digest algorithm is specified explicitly as MD5 to circumvent any ambiguity.

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