Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.0, 2.7.3, 2.7.2, 2.7.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  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
  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
  5. Log files
    1.  
      About NetBackup Appliance log files
    2.  
      About the Collect Log files wizard
    3.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    4.  
      Where to find NetBackup Appliance log files using the Browse command
    5.  
      Gathering device logs on a NetBackup appliance
    6.  
      Log Forwarding feature overview
  6. Operating system security
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance operating system security
    2.  
      Major components of the NetBackup Appliance OS
    3.  
      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
      1.  
        Data security standards
    2. About Call Home
      1.  
        Configuring Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Enabling and disabling Call Home from the 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. Remote Management Module (RMM) security
    1.  
      Introduction to IPMI configuration
    2.  
      Recommended IPMI settings
    3.  
      RMM ports
    4.  
      Enabling SSH on the Remote Management Module
    5.  
      Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate
  12.  
    STIG and FIPS conformance
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content

Recommended IPMI settings

This section lists the recommended IPMI settings to ensure a secure IPMI configuration.

Users

Use the following recommendations when creating IPMI users:

  • Do not create accounts with null user names or passwords.

  • Limit the number of administrative users to one.

  • Disable any anonymous users.

  • To mitigate the CVE-2013-4786 vulnerability:

    • Use strong passwords to help prevent offline dictionary attacks and brute force attacks. The recommended password length is 16-20 characters.

    • Change the default user password (sysadmin) as soon as possible.

    • Use Access Control Lists (ACLs) or isolated networks to limit access to the IPMI interface.

Login

Use the following recommendations when applying login settings for IPMI users:

Table: Login security settings

Settings

Recommended values

Failed login attempts

3

User Lockout time (min)

60 seconds

Force HTTPS

Yes

Enable Force HTTPS to ensure that the IPMI connection always takes place over HTTPS.

Web Session Timeout

1800

LDAP Settings

Veritas recommends that you enable LDAP authentication.

SSL Upload

Veritas recommends that you import a new or a custom SSL certificate.

Remote Session

Table: Remote session security settings

Settings

Recommended values

KVM Encryption

AES

Media Encryption

Enable

Cipher recommendation

  • Do NOT set cipher to zero on the IPMI channel

    Warning:

    If the cipher 0 enabled on a channel, it allows anyone to perform any IPMI action with no authentication, effectively subverting IPMI security entirely. Disable it at all costs.

  • Only use ciphers 3, 8, and 12.

Ethernet connection settings

Use a dedicated Ethernet connection for IPMI and avoid sharing the physical server connection.

  • Use a static IP.

  • Avoid using DHCP.