HP ProCurve – ‘Configure login attempts’ Details The default number of login attempts is ‘3,’ meaning the user has three chances to successfully supply access credentials....
HP ProCurve – ‘Configure Management VLAN’ Details Secure Management VLANs are designed to restrict management access to the switch to only those nodes connected to the...
HP ProCurve – ‘Disable HTTP’ Details It is recommended that the HTTPS interface be configured and the HTTP interface be disabled. The HTTP interface that...
HP ProCurve – ‘Disable IP Stack Management’ Details It is advisable to disable IP Stack Management to prevent potential hijacking of the switch. IP Stack Management allows...
HP ProCurve – ‘RADIUS or TACACS Authentication is configured’ Details This allows the administrator to make modifications to the set of authorized users without having to make changes Solution...
HP ProCurve – ‘Secure Management VLAN is configured’ Details In cases where configuring a Secure Management VLAN is too restrictive, it is possible to identify up to 10...
HP ProCurve – ‘Secure Management VLAN is enabled’ Details In cases where configuring a Secure Management VLAN is too restrictive, it is possible to identify up to 10...
HP ProCurve – ‘Disable SNMPv2’ Details SNMPv2 uses community names for read and write access which are sent across the wire in clear text. SNMP...
HP ProCurve – ‘Disable Telnet’ Details It is recommended that you use Secure Shell (SSH) instead of Telnet. Telnet is insecure by nature as it...
HP ProCurve – ‘Disable TFTP client’ Details TFTP client and server should be disabled as they do not require any authentication. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)...