Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1)
  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 certification
  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 compliance
    1.  
      OS STIG hardening for NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Unenforced STIG hardening rules
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content

About NetBackup appliance ports

In addition to the ports used by NetBackup software, NetBackup appliances also provide for both in-band and out-of-band management. The out-of-band management is through a separate network connection, the Remote Management Module (RMM), and the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). Open these ports through the firewall as appropriate to allow access to the management services from a remote laptop or KVM (keyboard, video monitor, mouse).

Warning:

The NetBackup Appliance Web Console is now available only over HTTPS on the default port 443; port 80 over HTTP has been disabled. Please use https://<appliance-name> to log in to the Web Console, where appliance-name is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Appliance and can also be an IP address.

Table: Inbound ports lists the ports open for inbound communication to the NetBackup Appliance.

Table: Inbound ports

Port

Service

Description

22

ssh

In-band management CLI

80

HTTP

In-band management GUI

443

HTTPS

In-band management GUI

80

HTTP

Out-of-band management (ISM+ or RM*)

443

HTTPS

Out-of-band management (ISM+ or RM*)

5900

KVM

CLI access, ISO & CDROM redirection

623

KVM

(optional, used if open)

7578

RMM

CLI access

5120

RMM

ISO & CD-ROM redirection

5123

RMM

Floppy redirection

7582

RMM

KVM

5124

HTTPS

CD ROM

5127

 

USB or Floppy

2049

HTTPS

NFS++

445

 

CIFS (for the Log/Install shares)

+ NetBackup Integrated storage manager

* Veritas Remote Management - Remote Console

++ Once the NFS service is shut down, the vulnerability scanners do not pick up these ports as threats.

Note:

Ports 7578, 5120, and 5123 are for the unencrypted mode. Ports 7528, 5124, and 5127 are for the encrypted mode.

Table: Outbound ports list the ports outbound from the appliance to allow alerts and notifications to the indicated servers.

Table: Outbound ports

Port

Service

Description

443

HTTPS

Call Home notifications to Veritas

162**

SNMP

Download appliance updates

443

HTTPS

Download SDCS certificate

** This port number can be changed within the appliance configuration to match the remote server.

A complete list of all the applicable ports is available in the NetBackup Network Ports Reference Guide.