vSphere 4.1 security hardening guide – an official release
The official release of the PDF is now available.
I already reported on the final version of this document some time ago, but this time, with the feedback of the whole VMware community, the document released by VMware seems to reached it’s second version. The security
A quick quote from from the announcement by Charu:
The Introduction section describes the scope, structure, recommendation levels, and other aspects of the guide in more detail. Please read this section first before diving into the rest of the guide, as it provides important context.
Although this version of the guide can be considered as “final” and appropriate for use in production environments, we recognize that there is always room for improvement. We will continue to welcome comments and corrections on this guide, and we will publish updated versions of the guide from time to time as feedback is accumulated. This feedback of course will also be incorporated into the hardening guide for future releases of vSphere.
What you’ll find in this document? This document covers the following aspects of a virtual infrastructure running under VMware vSphere 4.1:
- Virtual Machines (VMs)
- ESX/ESXi host
- Virtual Network and networking Infrastructure
- vCenter Server, the vCenter database and the client components.
- vCenter Update Manager (VUM)
- Console Operating System (COS)
As an example from this PDF document, I included a part which you can see on the picture below.
Feel free to download the pdf from this location: VMware vSphere 4.1 Security Hardening Guide April 2011
Source: VMware
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