Network and Communication Security
Your network infrastructure is extremely important in protecting your system. Your network needs to support the communication necessary for your business needs without allowing unauthorized access. A well-defined network topology can eliminate many security threats based on software flaws (at both the operating system level and application level) or network attacks such as eavesdropping. If users cannot log on to your application or database servers at the operating system or database layer, then there is no way for intruders to compromise the machines and gain access to the back-end system’s database or files. Additionally, if users are not able to connect to the server LAN (local area network), they cannot exploit well-known bugs and security holes in network services on the server machines.
The network topology for Performance Management is based on the topology used by the SAP NetWeaver platform. Therefore, the security guidelines and recommendations described in the SAP NetWeaver Security Guide also apply to Performance Management. Details that specifically apply to Performance Management are described in the following topics:
Communication Channel Security
This topic describes the communication paths and protocols used by Performance Management.
This topic describes the recommended network topology for Performance Management. It shows the appropriate network segments for the various client and server components and where to use firewalls for access protection It also includes a list of the ports needed to operate Performance Management.
For more information, see the following sections of the SAP NetWeaver Security Guide: