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Re: [Xen-users] Re: malicious paravirtualized guests: security and isola

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: malicious paravirtualized guests: security and isolation
From: "Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:50:03 -0500
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 14:35, Vasiliy Baranov
> <vasiliy.baranov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am I asking stupid questions or is this area a complete mystery? Any
>> pointers to existing sources of information are greatly appreciated. I spent
>> several days searching Xen documentation and googling but could not find
>> anything definitive.
>
> Ok, you have to know what to look for, but dropping "theo
> virtualisation" into Google got:
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/Virtualization_Security
> https://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/3651-Theo-de-Raadt-about-virtualisation.html
>
> You may find them food for thought ;)
>

here is another article that takes an interesting look at security and
virtualization:
http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2008-10/openpdfs/musings.pdf


-- 
Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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