When you build your virtual infrastructure with only ESXi hosts that you also lock down for security reasons, you might be in for a little surprise when you want to get your VI up and running again after major maintenance or a failure. First thing to do after the virtual infrastructure has been down, is [...]
Every now and then, you get that same talk over and over again about ESX security. Bottomline always is that they think ESX (or virtualization at a whole) is not secure enough, but they can never explain why it isn’t or are just biased because of old security rules and thoughts.The only way to try [...]
Today I stumbled upon a new product from Montego Networks, called HyperSwitchTM. With HyperSwitchTM it will be possible to integrate virtual network policies and access control with a high-availability virtual security switch. Some of the features:
Everybody must have already heard about VMware’s new feature called VMsafe. On day 2 of VMworld Europe, in the keynote speech, VMware founder and chief scientist Mendel Rosenblum announced VMsafe and gave an explanation of what VMsafe can do. To me it was a bit general and I tried to find some more background info [...]
