5V0-21.21 · Question #49
An administrator is tasked with setting up Kerberos authentication only for the vSAN File services. Which version of Kerberos must be selected if the NFS version is v4.1?
The correct answer is C. krb5. Support of Kerberos authentication helps prevent access of NFS clients through other, more vulnerable methods such as auth_sys. vSAN supports all 3 Kerberos authentication modes, KRB5, KRB5I and KRB5P. - KRB5, which limits its role to secure authentication. (Only on NFSv4.1)…
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An administrator is tasked with setting up Kerberos authentication only for the vSAN File services. Which version of Kerberos must be selected if the NFS version is v4.1?
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- Akrb5i
- Bkrb4
- Ckrb5
- Dkrb5p
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Support of Kerberos authentication helps prevent access of NFS clients through other, more vulnerable methods such as auth_sys. vSAN supports all 3 Kerberos authentication modes, KRB5, KRB5I and KRB5P. - KRB5, which limits its role to secure authentication. (Only on NFSv4.1) - KRB5I includes security authentication + checksum. - KRB5P includes secure authentication + checksum + encryption. https://core.vmware.com/resource/best-practices-running-nfs-vmware-vsphere#sec9459-sub5
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