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<title>Configuring and Using Authentication</title>
<body>
<p>
The following components of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can use passwords for
authentication:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p> When using remote iSCSI storage and the storage server requires authentication, an initiator secret can optionally be supplied with the <userinput>VBoxManage storageattach</userinput> command. As long as no settings password is provided, by using the command line option <codeph>--settingspwfile</codeph>, then this secret is stored <i>unencrypted</i> in the machine configuration and is therefore potentially readable on the host. See <xref href="storage-iscsi.dita">iSCSI Servers</xref> and <xref href="../cli_topics/vboxmanage-storageattach.dita"/>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
When using the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> web service to control an
<ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> host remotely, connections to the web service
are authenticated in various ways. This is described in
detail in the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Software Development Kit (SDK)
reference. See <xref href="VirtualBoxAPI.dita#VirtualBoxAPI"/>.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
</topic>
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