A challenge-response login protocol from Windows. Proxies requiring it are unsupported by VCF for online depot and VCF Download Tool traffic, so choose another proxy authentication approach.
Also called NT LAN Manager version 2.
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Terms in this definition
- Login
A server-wide security principal used for connecting to SQL Server or an Azure SQL logical server; users inside each database are linked to it. EXECUTE AS LOGIN can't be used in Azure SQL Database.
- VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom's platform for private cloud. It unifies management of NSX, vSAN, vSphere, VCF Automation and VCF Operations as one fleet; VVF, by contrast, lacks automation and cloud management.
- online depot
dl.broadcom.com is the depot that supplies VCF binaries. Appliances connect straight to it or via a proxy, and prove entitlement with a download token issued in the Broadcom Support Portal.
- VCF Download Tool
Command-line utility, previously the Offline Bundle Transfer Utility, for handling VCF binaries and metadata at sites without internet access: downloading, uploading, listing and cleaning up. UMDS can also be installed and run through it.
- Authentication
Checking an identity claim made by a person, device or app, for instance by asking for a password plus an extra factor. Authorisation only happens once this step has succeeded.
Related terms
- NTLM
NT LAN Manager, an older Windows challenge-response protocol available through Microsoft Entra Domain Services. Mounting Azure Files over SMB with a key relies on NTLMv2, so permitting Kerberos alone breaks such mounts.
- Protocol settings (Azure Files)
Security options for Azure Files SMB shares that limit which SMB versions (say, only 3.1.1), authentication methods (Kerberos, NTLMv2), channel encryption and Kerberos ticket encryption are accepted.