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Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup does not encrypt the LTO-4 encryption key over the wire if not using NBAC

2010-05-03 07:52:15
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup does not encrypt the LTO-4 encryption key over the wire if not using NBAC
From: David Stanaway <david AT stanaway DOT net>
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 06:47:12 -0500
Sorry, no answer for you, but if/when you do find out, please let the
list know. I did not know the key transerver from KMS to media server
was insecure.

On 5/3/2010 6:18 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have had a case open since last week, still waiting for Symantec to 
> contact me.
>
> I have found out from engineering that the key (LTO-4) encryption key from 
> the master <-> media server is sent over the wire unencrypted.  It is 
> obfuscated but not encrypted.
>
> The only way to do that is use NBAC as it uses SSL to transfer the keys 
> around.
>
> Has anyone setup NBAC (VxSS?) in disguise?
>
> I have gotten pretty close (when I refresh the master/media servers, they 
> all show as OK, no more VxSS denied, etc..)  But when I try to open the 
> master/media server server properties, I get the following:
>
> Failed to initialize EMM connection.  Verify that network access to the 
> EMM server is available and that the services nbemm and pbx_exchange are 
> running on the EMM server. (195)
>
> Per NBAC/etc I want to REQUIRE the use of it obviously for LTO-4 
> encryption, I would not want the key going over the wire unencrypted.
>
> Has anyone setup NBAC in 6.x or 7.x and have a short guide/FAQ/howto?
>
> Justin.
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