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1
Introduction
This document provides detailed steps and information on how customers can modify and integrate
their HP Windows StorageServer 2003 NAS products into their existing NSA or C2 / CC
v2.1security compliant environments. HP Windows StorageServer 2003 NAS NSA security
compliancy are based on Microsoft’s “Windows Server 2003 Security Guide: Patterns and
Practices” security paper at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8A2643C1-0685-
4D89-B655-521EA6C7B4DB&displaylang=en
which is recommended by National Security Agency (NSA)
of the United States to meet NSA security compliancy. Similarly, HP Windows StorageServer 2003
NAS C2 /CC v2.1 (ISO/ IEC15408) security compliancy is based on the US Department of Defense
(DoD) “Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC)” security paper, a.k.a. the “Orange
book”, at
http://www.fas.org/irp/nsa/rainbow/tg003.htm
and on the National Information Assurance
Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) and the Common
Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) documents located at
http://www.niap.nist.gov/cc-
scheme/defining-ccevs.html
. All E3/F-C2 system modifications within this document are based upon the
Information Technology Evaluation Manual (ITSEM) at
http://www.boran.com/security/itsem.html
to meet
Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (ITSEC) security requirements within the United
Kingdom, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
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NSA Security Compliancy Overview
This document mainly focuses on NAS system modifications needed to meet NSA security
compliancy. To meet NSA security requirements, the NAS system’s network infrastructure must be
NSA security compliant as well. As such, the following modifications are required for full NSA
security compliancy:
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Hardening the Domain Infrastructure
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Creating a NSA Security Compliant Member Server Baseline Policy (MSBP)
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Hardening File Servers
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Hardening Print Servers
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Hardening IIS Servers
Depending upon the NAS appliance’s server roles, administrators may need to consolidate the
security lockdown information within the later sections. For example, administrators who have NAS
appliances that function as file servers, and IIS servers but not print servers need to only merge the
security modifications for file and IIS server roles.
All NSA security information and recommendations within this guide are either summaries or direct
content quotes from Microsoft’s “Windows Server 2003 Security Guide: Patterns and Practices”
security paper at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8A2643C1-0685-4D89-B655-
521EA6C7B4DB&displaylang=en
and from Microsoft’s “Windows Solution for Security: Threats and
Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP” at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B6ACF93-147A-4481-9346-
F93A4081EEA8&displaylang=en
.