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Ensuring a Secure Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Installation 203

Ensuring a Secure Dell

OpenManage IT Assistant

Installation

This section discusses several specific topics useful in implementing a more

secure Dell™ OpenManage™ IT Assistant installation. IT Assistant leverages

HTTPS for secure communications, as well as the Microsoft

Active

Directory

for role-based access.

For detailed information on security across the Dell OpenManage platform,

see the Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User’s Guide.

TCP/IP Packet Port Security

A TCP/IP packet communicates a request to a target system. Encoded within

this packet is a port number that is associated with a specific application.

IT Assistant is accessed by specifying

https://<hostname>:<portnumber>. Using https requires the

application being used to encrypt the data according to the Secure Socket

Layer (SSL) specification so that it is not possible for an observer to pick up

and read sensitive information such as passwords by watching packets on the

network. User are then authenticated through the IT Assistant login page and

their credentials checked against whatever role is mapped in Active Directory

or the local operating system. For information on the three roles supported by

IT Assistant, see "Role-Based Access Security Management."

NOTE: The IT Assistant user interface communicates with the IT Services Tier over

port 2607.