Francis Dipietromaria WebLog

The implementation of virtual environments in companies requires the need to also consider the safety aspect. To help administrators and architects VMware is working on a series of documents called "Hardening Guide.

This is the moment of drafts and documents are not definitive, but continuously updated (in a few days we are already in its second revision) divided by topics. The topics covered are: Console OS, vCenter, vNetwork, Host, Virtual Machine. Finally a brief introductory guide accompanies the work shows how to the various documents are structured and what are its goals.

For more information:

• VMware Publishes the first draft of vSphere 4.0 Hardening Guide
• vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide: COS (Rev B)
• vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide: vCenter (Rev B)
• vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide: vNetwork (Rev B)
• vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide: Host (Rev B)
• vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide: Virtual Machines (Rev B)
• vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide: Introduction (Rev B)

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