HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide (5697-0 - Page 101

3 Configuring standard security features This chapter provides information and procedures for configuring standard Fabric OS security features such as protocol and certificate management. IMPORTANT: Secure Fabric OS is no longer supported in Fabric OS 6.x. However, all features of Secure Fabric OS are included in the base Fabric OS 6.x. Security Protocols Security protocols provide endpoint authentication and communications privacy using cryptography. Typically, you are authenticated to the switch while the switch remains unauthenticated to you. This means that you can be sure with you are communicating with. The next level of security, in which both ends of the conversation are sure with whom they are communicating, is known as two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication requires public key infrastructure (PKI) deployment to clients. Fabric OS supports the secure protocols shown in Table 16. Table 16 Secure protocol support Protocol Description HTTPS LDAPS SCP A Uniform Resource Identifier scheme used to indicate a secure HTTP connection. Web Tools supports the use of hypertext transfer protocol over secure socket layer (HTTPS). Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) over SSL uses a certificate authority (CA). By default, LDAP traffic is transmitted unsecured. You can make LDAP traffic confidential and secure by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology in conjunction with LDAP. Secure Copy (SCP) is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts, using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Configuration upload and download support the use of SCP. SNMP SSH SSL Supports SNMPv1, 2, and 3. SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention. A network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers. Encryption provides confidentiality and integrity of data. SSH uses public-key cryptography to authenticate the remote computer and allow the remote computer to authenticate the user, if necessary. Supports SSLv3, 128-bit encryption by default. Fabric OS uses secure socket layer (SSL) to support HTTPS. A certificate must be generated and installed on each switch to enable SSL. Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide 99