HP SIM utilizes several technologies to provide secure access. You can access HP SIM through the command line or a web browser. Both of these user interfaces can be accessed from anywhere on your network.
Command line interface |
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When you access HP SIM from the CLI, your operating system login is used to identify you to HP SIM. You have access to use the HP SIM commands based on your authorizations. If you access HP SIM from any system other than the CMS, be sure you use an SSH client. Programs like telnet, rlogin, and FTP do not provide encrypted access. When you use one of these applications to access HP SIM, your data, including your password, is transmitted across the network unencrypted. In addition, these protocols are not spoof-protected. If you have a Windows CMS, then only administrators have command line access to HP SIM. A remote desktop connection to the CMS can be used to access the command line.
Graphical user interface |
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When you access the HP SIM from a web browser, you log in using the secure HTML login page. The user name and password for the login page are the same as your CMS operating system user name and password. Your information is securely transmitted using the SSL protocol. SSL provides data encryption and server authentication by using a public and private key technology. The web server on the CMS uses a certificate for server authentication. By default, this certificate is self-signed, but it can be replaced by a certificate that is signed by a trusted certificate authority. Your web browser should import this certificate to trust the CMS.
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