Windows Remote Management Encryption

[Bruno007]

Used WinRM for remote administration, through the Kerberos authentication is guaranteed that credentials such as username or password in clear text over the line do not go. In some cases this may be acceptable level of security than, but generally you will encrypt the entire communication. According to the method by winrm quickconfig runs the traffic unencrypted HTTP on port 5985 (Windows 7, other than the default port 80). For encrypted data traffic in Microsoft networks will require a certificate infrastructure.

I am hoping that more members hanging out there will discuss more about this topic.

[Muwafaq]

Certificate for server authentication, install and activate HTTPS listener. Without certificate on each participating PC there is no encrypted WinRM. The certificate infrastructure is absolutely the last from the following list of conditions required for, each must fulfill it:

• CN is the same as host name,
• issued for server authentication,
• valid, so neither revoked nor expired
• not self-signed.

Unless the PC is not already there is a certificate, it can usually via a browser certificate server via the URL. So that traffic is encrypted, it must run over the HTTPS protocol. The default port for this is 443, Windows 7 uses port WinRM 5986th After installing the certificate on to the listener via HTTPS :

winrm quickconfig -transport:https

Is something wrong with the certificate, we learn it here by error message, the message is not a complete lack of certification and inadequate properties differs between.

winrm enumerate winrm/config/listener

one can verify that the HTTPS listener is used. The ports used, valid authentication settings and other parameters of a PC configured.

[Sheravat]

I am interested in knowing about an analysis of Strategy VMware. VMware is the pioneer of x86 virtualization, and there is still the clear market leader. But competition is intensifying, especially by Microsoft, the essential components for the hardware virtualization with Windows bundled or free provenance. VMware braces itself with an expansive strategy against this fate and is already far more than a provider of virtualization software.

[KennedII]

Hasty predictions for an early demise of VMware assume that the competition already offer equal technology at a low price might be. Currently, VMware loses market share but only slowly, because most firms are at a critical application such as server virtualization to prefer proven solutions. The Magic Quadrant of Gartner also clearly contradicts the marketing statements from Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat, that their products are already on par with those from VMware. In addition, price comparisons in virtualization software are extremely difficult when the products differ greatly in their performance and added to the baseline technology nor management tools, the functions of the manufacturers are each very different bundle. requires, for example, Microsoft's Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO), which, like VMware's Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) of the automation of virtual infrastructure is used to purchase the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). DRS, however, is part of vSphere. Due to the current market situation, of course, VMware is trying to keep some time its technical lead over its pursuers. This is demonstrated by the long list of some major changes expected to come up with 4.1 which is vSphere.

[Chakradev]

In the long run, however, can foresee that Microsoft will catch up technologically with its enormous resources and given the importance of virtualization with VMware. Microsoft has several advantages here:

• It has the operating system that runs in most virtual machines
• The management tools of the System Center family permit a comprehensive system management from the hardware through the virtualisation layer and operating system up to the applications.
• It has a system with Azure platform for public Clouds that are technically on the system software for internal use closely coordinated, so that applications ideally transparent data center move or be distributed between internal and Azure can.

For VMware, it is therefore crucial that the technical niche between hardware and operating system leave and expand its software stack to the top has to go. Moreover, this is a question for the manufacturer to pursue its ambitions for the public cloud further, that the VMware technology there as well two feet. However, the company is not able to build its own global infrastructure along the lines of Amazon, Google or Microsoft.

[Makayla-alex]

According to general assessment, the competition moves in the virtualization market, more and more of basic technologies such as the hypervisor in the direction of management tools. VMware offers a wide range of tools to manage its platform, the functions of performance and capacity management, disaster recovery and chargeback to rich. A common objection to VMware's tools strategy is that it is confined only to its own platform and does not allow global view of the virtualization layer also. But even in this area, VMware tried in recent months to strengthen through acquisitions and to leave the virtualization niche. Hyperic was not purchased directly from VWware, but was introduced by the bounce-source acquisition to the company. Spring Source Hyperic had bought a few months before their acquisition by VMware. With Hyperic is a provider of software for application management. It supports a number of other technologies besides Java and covers all the essential components of a distributed software (databases, Web and application server). The software is designed for real-time monitoring, reporting and capacity planning especially of Web applications and is suitable for large installations. Therefore, it is often used by hosting providers. From the perspective of Hyperic VMware is another building block for the development of cloud infrastructure.

[Avikshit Sinha]

The company acquired as part of this deal the following management tools:

• Server Configuration Manager (formerly Configuresoft): for the configuration management, at first, like all such solutions to the tracking of changes in physical systems designed system. The company focused but even before its acquisition by EMC more on virtual infrastructures. The scope of the system also includes a CMDB. VMware This occurs almost simultaneously with Microsoft in this market, the service manager 2010 also includes a CMDB.
• Application Stack Manager (originally Fast Scale): Software for optimization of operating systems by making the necessary components not removed. It adapts to the JeOS concept of VMware and provides in addition to the memory management techniques contribute to the increase in ESX VM density per server.
• Application Discovery Manager (Originally nLayers): Software Application for fingerprinting and to eliminate performance problems. Some overlap with VMware AppSpeed that comes from the purchase of B-hive.
• Service Manager (originally Infra Enterprise) solution for incident, change and service management including service catalog. It also includes a federated CMDB. The overlap with the same Microsoft product is obviously not just limited to the name.

[Osman84]

While VMware is in the public perception is still the virtualization company, the company has made in a short time through a series of strategic acquisitions and alliances on a course for comprehensive management of IT infrastructure and cloud. Thus it tries to expand its portfolio in order to escape the anticipated devaluation of virtualization technology, which results from the fact that it is increasingly integrated into the operating system or as open source is available. However, it is only a first step, if VMware can check off on the marketing checklist all the essential features. Even the hitherto existing tools only require a closer integration, this is of course even more for just purchased. The goal of a broad-based infrastructure provider may help to escape the confines of the permanently shrinking business virtualization, VMware, but brings in direct competition with established heavyweights such as IBM, HP, BMC or CA.