WinRM service is a service provided by Windows to enable remote access a Windows system. It is similar to what SSH is for *nix. And it is frequently used in applications which want to automate process or accessing remote Windows system and perform actions on them. Ruby also provided the WinRM gem which is an implementation of the WinRM service. When using WinRM gem, one may often want to use :negotiate as the transport protocol for authentication. This transport will negotiate using different security mechanisms depends on the setting. These mechanisms include Kerberos, NTLM, Basic e...