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Threats Lurk Outside Open Doors in Virtual Infrastructure
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Use these additional tools to further limit access to the Service Console, setting up AD integration or any other form of Single Sign On is an important tool to combat the spread of passwords.
It's not enough, however.
If your security policies dictate who can log in to various physical servers, you need to do the same for VMware ESX. Then you will no longer suffer from possible information leakage and faulty authentication security.
Virtualization expert Edward L. Haletky is the author of "VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers," Pearson Education (2008.) He recently left Hewlett-Packard, where he worked in the Virtualization, Linux, and High-Performance Technical Computing teams. Haletky owns AstroArch Consulting, providing virtualization, security, and network consulting and development. Haletky is also a champion and moderator for the VMware discussion forums, providing answers to security and configuration questions.
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