HP Device Manager 4.5 - Security Mechanism

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HP Device Manager

Security Mechanism

Table of contents

Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Database confidential .................................................................................................................................................................. 2

File repository confidential .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

HPDM logon confidential ............................................................................................................................................................. 2

Confidential data in log files ........................................................................................................................................................ 2

User management ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Authentication management ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Key management ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Master Repository Controller access control ...................................................................................................................... 3

Gateway access control ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

Network communication ............................................................................................................................................................. 3

Secure file server ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Task verification ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4

For more information ................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Summary of content (5 pages)

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Technical white paper HP Device Manager Security Mechanism Table of contents Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Database confidential .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 File repository confidential...............................
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Executive summary HP Device Manager (HPDM) is a solution designed to help the IT administrators manage and control remote HP thin clients. The solution consists of the HPDM Console, HPDM Server, HPDM Gateway, HPDM Agent, Master Repository Controller, and file repositories. A standard setup is shown in Figure 1. The solution needs to store highly sensitive data, such as the passwords of the database and file repositories, and transfer it over the network.
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• One user is classified as the super administrator and others are classified as ordinary administrators. • Each ordinary administrator can be put into or removed from a group. All administrators in the same group have the same privileges. • Each ordinary administrator or group can be granted certain privileges, such as managing specific thin client devices or executing specific operations. The super administrator always has full control to the system.
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The crypto algorithms in SSL/TLS use an RSA-created key pair of length 512 or 1024 and an X.509-created certificate. The symmetric cipher is AES (AES256-SHA). Secure file server To perform some tasks or operations, the HPDM Console, Gateway, and Agent need to access a repository, or file server, to download/upload files to perform some tasks or operations. To protect this data, HPDM 4.4.
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