IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks

10.1. Securing Storage Data Transport

Storage networks typically transport data that is critical to the ongoing operation of the enterprise. Although high-availability server clustering and data backup have been key business continuance drivers for SANs, less attention has been paid to fundamental security issues such as authentication and data encryption. Security issues for storage networks have come to the forefront, however, with the advent of storage over IP. The IP realm, as embodied by the Internet, has notorious security problems simply because of its ubiquity. The internals of IP networking are too well-known and too widely available to prevent even bored teenagers from making mischief with corporate data. The notion of transporting ...