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Cisco Broadband Access Centre 3.7 Hardening
Guidelines
Guidelines
The Cisco BAC 3.7 hardening guide describes the procedure to harden your system while running Cisco Broadband
Access Center (Cisco BAC) 3.7:
Access Center (Cisco BAC) 3.7:
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Overview
The hardening guidelines help you to identify and eliminate any security vulnerabilities pertaining to Cisco BAC 3.7
and its supporting software and hardware components. These guidelines also include information on protocol
robustness, which defines the application stamina when exposed to Denial-of-Service attacks and protocol
irregularities.
and its supporting software and hardware components. These guidelines also include information on protocol
robustness, which defines the application stamina when exposed to Denial-of-Service attacks and protocol
irregularities.
For Cisco BAC 3.7, the hardening guidelines are defined and tested using 5.10 Generic_147440-01 sun4u sparc
SUNW, Sun-Fire-V210 hardened with Solaris Security Toolkit 4.2.
SUNW, Sun-Fire-V210 hardened with Solaris Security Toolkit 4.2.
We recommend that you harden your systems to mitigate security threats while deploying the Cisco BAC 3.7.
Note: Complying with these hardening guidelines does not guarantee the elimination of all security threats.
However, by implementing these guidelines, you can achieve a higher-level of security and help manage
unforeseen risks.
unforeseen risks.
Hardening Your System
To harden your system you must follow these steps:
Recommended Security Patches
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Ensure that all the Sun Microsystems recommended operating system and security patches have been
installed on your system. Contact Sun Microsystems support to download the recommended patches and
check for any applicable updates. You can check the patch details by running the following commands:
installed on your system. Contact Sun Microsystems support to download the recommended patches and
check for any applicable updates. You can check the patch details by running the following commands:
# uname -a
# showrev -p | grep
PatchNumber
Where PatchNumber is the Solaris patch number.
Example:
Example:
# uname -a