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We''ve been using mcollective primarily for coordinate service restart across nodes as well as facts-finding, which are all well and good. One thing we would like to utilize this tool is to create an arbitrary shell command plugins/services so our master can really act as a command center. I spoke with a couple folks and know that this is just as a matter of writing the plugin itself,

This note is essentially a request for a reality check. I use IPFW & natd on the box that provides the interface between my home networks and the Internet; the connection is (static) residential DSL. I configured IPFW to accept & log all SSH "setup" requests, and use natd to forward such requests to an internal machine that only accepts public key authentication; that