RE: [Xen-users] Anti-virus for use in para-virtualized Xen

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Nico Kadel-Garcia
> Sent: 04 April 2007 16:42
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Anti-virus for use in para-virtualized Xen
> 
> 
> I've been looking at anti-virus software for Xen use on Linux 
> systems, 
> on both Dom0 and DomU, in industrial environments. Reviewing 
> documentation on various packages seems to show that all the 
> commercial 
> ones insist on sticking kernel modules into a limited set of standard 
> known kernels. This of course creates some serious risks until the 
> anti-virus packages are developed in and tested in Xen environments, 
> especially for para-virtualized environments.

I presume the reason they have a standard set of kernels is that they
"meddle" with the kernel and don't supply source-code, which means that
a Xenified kernel doesn't match the expected kernel layout, and thus
can't use the module? [And it's understandable from some aspects that
the AV guys don't really want the V-guys to see the source-code...] 
> 
> Has anyone out there been using any such commercial packages? Or am I 
> stuck with tools like ClamAV to avoid complicating my life with 
> unfortunate kernel interactions?

Possibly stuck... 

--
Mats
> 
>              Nico
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