Service interface access

Introduction

To limit access to service interfaces and protect from unwanted traffic, Cloudist is actively filtering network traffic based on source IP accessing the services. This means that if the source IP address trying to access our service interfaces is not registered as a Swedish IP address, the traffic will be dropped.

Cloudist are keeping the whitelist up-to-date through a public IP service, and updating the whitelist filter on a regular basis.

Solution overview

Case 1 (Green)

1. User or system with source IP 11.22.33.44 tries to access Cloudist VDC service user interface

2. Cloudist Network Filter Engine inspects source IP and compares with whitelisted IP addresses in its filter list, and assesses that traffic from this source IP is allowed.

3. User is allowed to access the Cloudist VDC service.

Case 2 (Red)

1. User or system with source IP 99.98.97.96 tries to access Cloudist DR service user interface

2. Cloudist Network Filter Engine inspects source IP and compares with whitelisted IP addresses in its filter list, and assesses that traffic from this source IP is not allowed.

3. User is not allowed to access the Cloudist DR service.

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Affected services

Service interfaces with traffic filtering:

Cloudist VDC

• VMware Cloud Director user interface and API.

• VMware ChargeBack user interface and API.

• Cohesity backup and restore user interface.

Cloudist S3

• Data interface and API.

Cloudist Disaster Recovery

• VMware Cloud Director Availability interface and API.

Cloudist Online Backup

• Veeam Service Provider Console user interface.

Cloudist Portal

• User interface

How do I know if my IP is listed as Swedish?

To check which country your IP address is belonging to, you can use WHOIS services;

https://www.whois.com/whois/

Example:

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