Is your e3000 Environment Secure? Homestead security

page 56April 24, 2003
Is Your Homestead Secure? - Solution Symposium West
Use external packet filtering
• MPE network transport lacks packet filtering
• Many MPE network services can allow or disallow by IP
address, but this can be cumbersome to manage
• Use an external firewall or other network device to block
all but explicitly authorized packets, I.e.:
– port 23 (telnet)
– port 80 (http)
– port 1570 (vt)
– source IP addresses from your intranet