On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Virtualization seems to have a lot of security benefits.

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>

> You've been smoking something really mind altering, and I think you

> should share it.

>

> x86 virtualization is about basically placing another nearly full

> kernel, full of new bugs, on top of a nasty x86 architecture which

> barely has correct page protection.  Then running your operating

> system on the other side of this brand new pile of shit.

>

> You are absolutely deluded, if not stupid, if you think that a

> worldwide collection of software engineers who can't write operating

> systems or applications without security holes, can then turn around

> and suddenly write virtualization layers without security holes.

cf. http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf