HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 166)

HP SIM allows HTTP as well as HTTPS connections with the authenticator, HP highly recommends
you provide support only through certificate-based authentication with the authenticator to
avoid any security vulnerability that might arise in the absence of it.
Settings to be made in HP SIM
The following section covers various properties that can be customized to work with Proxy
authenticator. Please note that these properties can be configured either once in the property file,
or they can be overridden using URL parameters while launching HP SIM.
Comments Default
value Override-able Via
URL parameter Mandatory In
SecuritySettings.props Property Serial
Number
(S/N)
Enable (1) or
disable (0) Proxy
authenticator 0 No Yes isProxyAuth 1
Note that a value
of 1 indicates that
proxy
authenticator will
be enabled but not
enforced. The
enforcement is
effective if the URL
parameter
isProxyAuth
is
also set to 1.
Enable (1) or
disable (0) Trust
Check 1 No Yes proxy.auth.server.trust.check 2
This checks if
Proxy authenticator
is trusted by HP
SIM and connect
only if it is trusted.
Setting this value
to 1 is highly
recommended to
avoid any security
vulnerabilities.
The full path of the
keystore in which N/A No Yes proxy.auth.keystore 3
the trusted
certificates of
Proxy authenticator
are stored.
Note, to avoid
security issues, HP
recommends that
this directory be
secured and that
the keystore be
protected with a
strong password.
The URL of the
authenticator N/A Yes Yes proxy.auth.request.url 4
where the request
will be sent by HP
SIM.
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