Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.2)
  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
  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 on a NetBackup appliance
    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.  
      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
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance firewall
  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) I 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
    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

About SSL usage

The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol creates an encrypted connection between the appliance web server and the appliance web console, and other local servers. This type of connection allows for a more secure information transfer without the problems of eavesdropping, data tampering, or message forgery. To enable SSL on the appliance web server, you need an SSL certificate that identifies the appliance host.

The appliance uses self-signed certificates for client and host validation. The appliance certificate is generated using a 2048 bit RSA public key that is hashed with the SHA256 algorithm and signed with RSA encryption. For secure communications, the appliance uses only TLS v1.2 and later protocol.

Note:

Warnings such as SSL Certificate Cannot be Trusted or SSL Self-Signed Certificate can be avoided by replacing the default self-signed certificate with a custom CA issued certificate.

SSL certificates are also supported for secure communications between the appliance and various external servers, such as LDAP and Syslog.

Third-party certificates

You can manually add and implement third-party certificates for the web service support. The certificates are used for SSL encryption and authentication.

Starting with appliance release 3.1.2, you must install a root CA SSL certificate manually as follows:

  • On each NetBackup master server with version 8.1.2 and later, or on each NetBackup Appliance master server with version 3.1.2 and later that is managing one or more NetBackup Appliance media servers with version 3.1.2 and later.

  • Obtain the root CA SSL certificate for the CA that has signed your 3rd party SSL certificates.

    The root CA SSL certificate is loaded into a Java truststore that is used by the NetBackup Web Management Console. This truststore is part of the NetBackup catalog backup.

To implement third-party certificates that you have created, see the following topic:

See Implementing third-party SSL certificates.