Getting Started

Overview of Access Security Features

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) (page 7-1): Provides remote web access to the switch via encrypted authentication paths between the switch and management station clients capable of SSL/TLS operation.

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X) (page 8-1): On point-to-point connections, enables the switch to allow or deny traffic between a port and an 802.1X-aware device (supplicant) attempting to access the switch. Also enables the switch to operate as a supplicant for connections to other 802.1X-aware switches.

Port Security (page 9-1): Enables a switch port to maintain a unique list of MAC addresses defining which specific devices are allowed to access the network through that port. Also enables a port to detect, prevent, and log access attempts by unauthorized devices.

Traffic/Security Filters (page 10-1): Source-Port filtering enhances in-band security by enabling outbound destination ports on the switch to forward or drop traffic from designated source ports (within the same VLAN).

Authorized IP Managers (page 11-1): Allows access to the switch by a networked device having an IP address previously configured in the switch as "authorized".

Management Access Security Protection

In considering management access security for your switch, there are two key areas to protect:

Unauthorized client access to switch management features

Unauthorized client access to the network.

Table 1-1 on page 1-4 provides an overview of the type of protection offered by each switch security feature.

Note

ProCurve recommends that you use local passwords together with your

 

switch’s other security features to provide a more comprehensive security

 

fabric than if you use only local passwords.

 

 

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