Enabling compliance with managed appliances

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If your Central Management System is FIPS 140-3 or CC-NDcPP compliant and runs in compliance mode, it can manage appliances that are also compliant. For CC-NDcPP certification, the managed Endpoint Security (HX) appliances must run release 10.0.0. For FIPS 140-3 certification, the managed Endpoint Security (HX) appliance must run release 5.0.3 or later.

  • For server-initiated connections, you must add the managed applianceʼs RSA host key.

  • For client-initiated connections, an RSA host key is not needed.

If your Central Management System is not compliant, it can manage appliances that are FIPS 140-3 or CC-NDcPP compliant.

  • For server-initiated connections, an RSA host key is not needed.

  • For client-initiated connections, you must add the RSA host key of the Central Management System.

For more information about server-initiated connections, see the “Configuring Secure Shell (SSH) authentication” section of the Central Management System Administration Guide.

For more information about client-initiated connections, see the “Configuring Secure Shell (SSH) authentication” section of the System Administration Guide for your appliance.