Administration Guide for Cisco Media Experience Engine 3500 Release 3.3
- Updated:
- January 11, 2016
Chapter: Security Best Practices
Security Best Practices
Security Best Practices for Cisco MXE 3500
Cisco MXE 3500 ships with ESXi, RHEL4.7, and Windows 2003 Server settings, which ensures a high level of security. We recommend that you follow these security best practices:
- Do not install additional software, applications, or firmware on Cisco MXE 3500 unless Cisco recommends that you do so in the product documentation. See also: “Cisco MXE 3500 Microsoft Hot Fix Release Policy” section.
- Do not use Cisco MXE 3500 for any purpose other than those we specify in the product documentation.
- Do not use Cisco MXE 3500 as a general purpose Windows or Linux device.
- Do not browse to any Internet site on Cisco MXE 3500 other than www.cisco.com and www.microsoft.com to download product documentation and patches.
- If you need to modify Windows or Linux components from the configured defaults, do so only from the Cisco MXE 3500 web UI or the Cisco MXE Appliance Configuration Menu as specified in the product documentation.
- Do not change the Services startup types except for supported changes that are documented in the product documentation.
- Back up Cisco MXE 3500 regularly.
Cisco MXE 3500 Microsoft Hot Fix Release Policy
Microsoft releases a list of security hot fixes Every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Every 3rd Tuesday of the month, excluding holidays, Cisco will release a technical bulletin with the Microsoft security bulletin hot fix identifiers that Cisco recommends you install on Cisco MXE 3500, at which time you should compete the following tasks:
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Download and read the Cisco technical bulletin for each recommended hot fix.
2. Download and read the Microsoft security bulletin.
3. Download each recommended Microsoft hot fix.
4. Follow the procedures that Microsoft provides to install the hot fixes on Cisco MXE 3500.
If Microsoft releases a security hot fix for a catastrophic problem outside of the monthly cycle, Cisco will release a corresponding technical bulletin.
You can access Cisco MXE 3500 technical bulletins at the following URLs:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9892/prod_bulletins_list.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12130/prod_bulletins_list.html
Windows Services
Table 20-1 lists Cisco MXE 3500 Windows 2003 Server services and startup types.
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