Secure access to a virtual machine
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1. A method for providing secure access to a virtual machine, the method comprising:
- dispensing an image corresponding to a virtual machine from a management appliance to a distributed computing system such that said virtual machine is implemented by at least of a plurality of interconnected physical computing devices in said distributed computing system;
establishing a trusted relationship between said management appliance and said virtual machine implemented on said at least one of said computing devices;
providing a user with access to said virtual machine from said management appliance based on said trusted relationship without further authentication credentials said user; and
filtering a request for access to the virtual machine based on access privileges of the user,wherein the filtering comprises, in response to a determination that said user has access to said management appliance and not said virtual machine, restricting said user'"'"'s access to said virtual machine based on credentials provided by said user upon accessing said management appliance.
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A method for providing secure access to a virtual machine includes dispensing an image corresponding to a virtual machine from a management appliance to a distributed computing system such that the virtual machine is implemented by at least one of a plurality of interconnected physical computing devices in the distributed computing system; establishing a trusted relationship between the management appliance and the virtual machine; and providing a user with access to the virtual machine from the management appliance without further authentication credentials from the user.
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1. A method for providing secure access to a virtual machine, the method comprising:
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dispensing an image corresponding to a virtual machine from a management appliance to a distributed computing system such that said virtual machine is implemented by at least of a plurality of interconnected physical computing devices in said distributed computing system; establishing a trusted relationship between said management appliance and said virtual machine implemented on said at least one of said computing devices; providing a user with access to said virtual machine from said management appliance based on said trusted relationship without further authentication credentials said user; and filtering a request for access to the virtual machine based on access privileges of the user, wherein the filtering comprises, in response to a determination that said user has access to said management appliance and not said virtual machine, restricting said user'"'"'s access to said virtual machine based on credentials provided by said user upon accessing said management appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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