Symantec NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.1 (5340), 3.1.1 (5330), 3.1.1 (5240), 3.1.1 (5230), 3.1.1 (5220))
  1. About the NetBackup Appliance Security Guide
    1.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance Security Guide
  2. User authentication
    1. About user authentication on the NetBackup appliance
      1.  
        User types that can authenticate on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About configuring user authentication
      1.  
        Generic user authentication guidelines
    3.  
      About authenticating LDAP users
    4.  
      About authenticating Active Directory users
    5.  
      About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
    6.  
      About the appliance login banner
    7. About user name and password specifications
      1.  
        About STIG compliant password policy rules
  3. User authorization
    1.  
      About user authorization on the NetBackup Appliance
    2. About authorizing NetBackup appliance users
      1.  
        NetBackup Appliance user role privileges
    3.  
      About the Administrator user role
    4.  
      About the NetBackupCLI user role
  4. Intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems
    1.  
      About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup Appliance
    2.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance intrusion prevention system
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance intrusion detection system
    4.  
      Reviewing SDCS events on the NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Running SDCS in unmanaged mode on the NetBackup appliance
    6.  
      Running SDCS in managed mode on the NetBackup appliance
    7.  
      Overriding the NetBackup Appliance intrusion prevention system policy
    8.  
      Re-enabling the NetBackup Appliance intrusion prevention system policy
  5. Log files
    1.  
      About NetBackup Appliance log files
    2.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    3.  
      Where to find NetBackup Appliance log files using the Browse command
    4.  
      Gathering device logs with the DataCollect command
    5.  
      Log Forwarding feature overview
  6. Operating system security
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance operating system security
    2.  
      Major components of the NetBackup Appliance OS
    3.  
      Disabled service accounts on the NetBackup Appliance
    4.  
      Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup Appliance
  7. Data security
    1.  
      About data security
    2.  
      About data integrity
    3.  
      About data classification
    4. About data encryption
      1.  
        KMS support
  8. Web security
    1.  
      About SSL usage
    2.  
      Implementing third-party SSL certificates
  9. Network security
    1.  
      About IPsec Channel Configuration
    2.  
      About NetBackup Appliance ports
  10. Call Home security
    1.  
      About AutoSupport
    2. About Call Home
      1.  
        Configuring Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Enabling and disabling Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      3.  
        Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      4.  
        Understanding the Call Home workflow
    3. About SNMP
      1.  
        About the Management Information Base (MIB)
  11. IPMI security
    1.  
      Introduction to IPMI configuration
    2.  
      Recommended IPMI settings
    3.  
      Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate
  12. STIG and FIPS conformance
    1.  
      OS STIG hardening for NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Unenforced STIG hardening rules
    3.  
      FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup appliances
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content

Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

You can configure a proxy server for Call Home, if required. If the appliance environment has a proxy server between the environment and external Internet access, you must enable the proxy settings on the appliance. The proxy settings include both a proxy server and a port. The proxy server must accept https connections from the Symantec AutoSupport server. This option is disabled by default.

To add a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu

  1. Log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
  2. To enable proxy settings, run the Main > Settings > Alerts > CallHome Proxy Enable command.
  3. To add a proxy server, run the Main > Settings > Alerts > CallHome Proxy Add command.

    • You are prompted to enter the name of the proxy server. The proxy server name is the TCP/IP address or the fully qualified domain name of the proxy server.

    • After you have entered a name for the proxy server, you are prompted to enter the port number for the proxy server.

    • Further, you are required to answer the following:

      Do you want to set credentials for proxy server? (yes/no)

    • On answering yes, you are prompted to enter a user name for the proxy server.

    • After you have entered the user name, you are prompted to enter a password for the user. On entering the required information, the following message is displayed:

      Successfully set proxy server
  4. To disable proxy settings, run the Main > Settings > Alerts > CallHome Proxy Disable command.

Further, you can also use the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu to enable or disable proxy server tunneling for your appliance. To do so, run the Main > Settings > CallHome Proxy EnableTunnel and Main > Settings > Alerts > CallHome Proxy DisableTunnel commands. Proxy server tunneling lets you provide a secure path through an untrusted network.