Hitachi SVP F 00 Series Manual page 198

Connection path in
figure
A
B
C
To prevent a man-in-the middle attack, the encryption shown in notation B (between SVP
and storage system) verifies the validity of the connection by using the certificate that
was uploaded to the SVP in advance and by using the certificate of the storage system.
The same certificate must be uploaded to the SVP and the storage system.
Chapter 11: Setting up SSL encryption
Service Processor Technical Reference
Connection path
description
Between the SVP Operation of Device
and client PC Manager - Storage
Navigator
Between the SVP SVP exchanges the
and storage system information with
the storage system
Between the client Operation of
PC and storage maintenance utility
system
SSL encryption of the storage system
Encryption Certificate to be
purpose
A signed certificate
of SSL encryption
between the SVP
and client PC
The certificate for
"Connect to SVP"
and the certificate
for "Web server"
The certificate for
"Web server"
used
198