SSD Management Channels

Devices can be managed over management channels such as telnet, SSH, and web. SSD categories the channels into the following types based on their security and/or protocols: secured, insecure, secure-XML-SNMP, and insecure-XML-SNMP.

The following describes whether SSD considers each management channel to be secure or insecure. If it is insecure, the table indicates the parallel secure channel.

Security of Management Channels

Management Channels
Management Channel	SSD Management Channel Type	Parallel Secured Management Channel
Console	Secure
Telnet	Insecure	SSH
SSH	Secure
GUI/HTTP	Insecure	GUI/HTTPS
GUI/HTTPS	Secure
XML/HTTP	Insecure-XML- SNMP	XML/HTTPS
XML/HTTPS	Secure-XML-SNMP
SNMPv1/v2/v3 without privacy	Insecure-XML- SNMP	Secure-XML-SNMP
SNMPv3 with privacy	Secure-XML-SNMP (level-15 users)
TFTP	Insecure	SCP
SCP (Secure Copy)	Secure
HTTP based file transfer	Insecure	HTTPS-based file transfer
HTTPS based file transfer	Secure