Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.2)
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 authentication using smart cards and digital certificates
    6.  
      About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
    7.  
      About the appliance login banner
    8. 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) 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 appliance
    2.  
      Unenforced STIG hardening rules
    3.  
      FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup appliance
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content
  14.  
    Index

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.

    • Keep the IPMI protocol port (623) turned off when not in use to mitigate security risks associated with the IPMI protocol (CVE-2013-4786). For more information, see https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4786.

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 value

KVM Encryption

AES-256

Media Encryption

Enable

Cipher recommendation

To help prevent IPMI user actions or activity with no authentication, specific ciphers should be disabled. For further assistance, contact Technical Support and inform the representative to reference article number 000127964.

Ethernet connection settings

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

  • Use a static IP.

  • Avoid using DHCP.