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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Security Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to VCM Security
- Domain Infrastructure
- VCM Installation Kits
- Server Zone Security
- VCM Collector Server
- SQL Server
- Web Server
- VCM Agent Systems and Managed Machines
- VCM User Interface System
- Software Provisioning Components
- Operating System Provisioning Components
- Decommissioning
- Authentication
- Transport Layer Security
- Keys and Certificates
- How VCM Uses Certificates
- Installing Certificates for the VCM Collector
- Changing Certificates
- Delivering Initial Certificates to Agents
- Storing and Transporting Certificates
- Mark a Certificate as Authorized on Windows
- Creating Certificates Using Makecert
- Update the Collector Certificate Thumbprint in the VCM Database
- Managing the VCM UNIX Agent Certificate Store
- Supplemental References
- Index
Do Not Connect from Outside the Server Zone
Prevent connections to the VCM SQL Server database from outside the server zone.
Even authorized VCM users must not connect directly to the database from remote locations. A firewall is
one means of preventing these connections. The general guideline for preventing connections from
outside the server zone is to block TCP port 1433 and UDP port 1434.
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