HP ProCurve Switch 6120G/XG Manual page 27

Feature Default
Setting
SSL disabled
SNMP public,
unrestricted
Authorized IP none
Managers
Secure disabled
Management
VLAN
TACACS+ disabled
Authentication
RADIUS disabled
Authentication
Security Guidelines
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security
(TLS) provide remote Web browser access to the switch
via authenticated transactions and encrypted paths
between the switch and management station clients
capable of SSL/TLS operation. The authenticated type
includes server certificate authentication with user
password authentication.
In the default configuration, the switch is open to access
by management stations running SNMP management
applications capable of viewing and changing the
settings and status data in the switch's MIB
(Management Information Base). Thus, controlling
SNMP access to the switch and preventing
unauthorized SNMP access should be a key element of
your network security strategy.
This feature uses IP addresses and masks to determine
whether to allow management access to the switch
across the network through the following :
• Telnet and other terminal emulation applications
• The switch's Web browser interface
• SNMP (with a correct community name)
This feature creates an isolated network for managing
the ProCurve switches that offer this feature. When a
secure management VLAN is enabled, CLI, Menu
interface, and Web browser interface access is
restricted to ports configured as members of the VLAN.
This application uses a central server to allow or deny
access to TACACS-aware devices in your network.
TACACS+ uses username/password sets with
associated privilege levels to grant or deny access
through either the switch's serial (console) port or
remotely, with Telnet.
If the switch fails to connect to a TACACS+ server for the
necessary authentication service, it defaults to its own
locally configured passwords for authentication control.
TACACS+ allows both login (read-only) and enable
(read/write) privilege level access.
For each authorized client, RADIUS can be used to
authenticate operator or manager access privileges on
the switch via the serial port (CLI and Menu interface),
Telnet, SSH, and Secure FTP/Secure Copy (SFTP/SCP)
access methods.
Security Overview
Access Security Features
More Information and
Configuration Details
"Quick Start: Using the
Management Interface
Wizard" on page 1-10
Chapter 9, "Configuring
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)"
"SNMP Security Guidelines"
on page 1-15
"Quick Start: Using the
Management Interface
Wizard" on page 1-10
Management and
Configuration Guide,
Chapter 14, refer to the
section "Using SNMP Tools
To Manage the Switch"
Chapter 15, "Using
Authorized IP Managers"
Advanced Traffic
Management Guide, refer to
the chapter "Static Virtual
LANs (VLANs)"
Chapter 5, "TACACS+
Authentication"
Chapter 6, "RADIUS
Authentication and
Accounting"
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