Repository uses a clear-text protocol
At a glance
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Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
FTP and TFTP send backups and the repository credentials in clear text, and NFS has no credentials at all, so anyone who reaches the share reads the backups. HTTP repositories hold patches and cannot receive backups.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- In ISE: Administration > System > Maintenance > Repository > add an SFTP repository (with PKI authentication where possible) for backups.
- Then in Administration > System > Backup and Restore > edit the schedule to use it, and run a test backup.
Command line
This analyzer version writes no command text for this control. The steps above are the remediation it offers.
How to confirm the fix
- In ISE: Administration > System > Maintenance > Repository: the protocol column.
Limits
- No limitation is recorded for this control beyond the one that applies to all of them: it reads a configuration export.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in System and Metadata
- PAN-SEC-103WildFire updates are not installed in real time
- PAN-SEC-130Update server identity is not verified
- PAN-SEC-160The device is configured with a single DNS server
- PAN-SW-001Software version is out of vendor support
- ISE-MGT-009Administration node runs an older patch than one installed
- ISE-MGT-010No successful configuration backup within seven days
- ISE-MGT-012License out of compliance or evaluation ending
- ISE-MGT-017Last configuration backup attempt failed
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