Is Your e3000 Environment Secure? - by Mark Bixby

Is Your e3000 Environment Secure? - HPWorld 2003 page 39August 14, 2003
VT/telnet/ftp/dtc authentication
sends cleartext passwords over
the network
§Any idiot with a packet sniffer can capture these
passwords
§Don't use these protocols over an untrusted network
(I.e. the Internet)
§Use VPN technologies to transit untrusted networks
§MPE network transport does not directly support any
VPN protocols, so you will have to implement them via
a firewall/switch/router/etc external to the 3000