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[Xen-devel] Why is the relocation server enabled by default?

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Subject: [Xen-devel] Why is the relocation server enabled by default?
From: Anthony Wright <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:15:43 +0100
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The default installation of xen enables the relocation server by default.

This is a fairly sophisticated feature, and won't be used by the majority of users particularly those who don't change the default settings.

I realise that it's restricted by internal settings, but given that there's always a risk there is a bug in the service and it isn't a newbie feature, it would seem more sensible to take a cautious approach as advocated by section 9.1.1 of the Xen documentation ("Run the smallest number of neccessary services"), and disable the relocation server by default.

Tony Wright.


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