Disallow target cloning [New in Security Center 1.3]

Configure the glide.db.clone.allow_clone_target property to prevent your instance from being used as a clone target.

Protect your instance from being used as a clone target by setting the glide.db.clone.allow_clone_target system property to false. A system clone copies everything in a database from a source instance to the target instance. This is a security risk because the instance database on the target instance is overwritten in the cloning process, leading to data loss and lack of data integrity.

Set the glide.db.clone.allow_clone_target system property to false on production instances to disallow your instance from being selected as a clone target.

More information

Attribute	Description
Configuration name	glide.db.clone.allow_clone_target
Configuration type	System Properties (/sys_properties_list.do)
Data type	boolean
Recommended value	false
Default value	true
Category	Configuration
Security risk	Severity score: 4.4 CVSS score: Medium Security risk details: Not setting this property to the recommended value of false enables the instance to be used as a clone target. This is a security risk because the instance database can be overwritten in the cloning process.
Dependencies and prerequisites	None
References	Register target instance (legacy)
Functional impact	This property provides an additional safeguard which prevents a production instance from being cloned to. The default value is false for production instances and true for sub production instances such as dev or qa. To enable an instance to be used as a clone target set this property to true.