Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

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From: Theo de Raadt
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 12:46 pm

> The security benefits are at the application level, *NOT* at the OS level.

What hogwash.

The security benefits are at the "ability to buy a steak for dinner"
level.

You've already made the decision to decrease security by
de-compartmentalizing onto one physical box, so you are just thrilled
with the ability to decrease security more by de-compartmentalizing
the software further.
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Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 1:18 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 6:31 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Paul de Weerd, (Wed Oct 24, 7:50 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 8:12 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Dave Anderson, (Wed Oct 24, 8:45 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Adam Getchell, (Wed Oct 24, 9:46 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 9:59 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Jack J. Woehr, (Wed Oct 24, 10:14 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 10:16 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Marc Espie, (Wed Oct 24, 10:44 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 10:45 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 10:48 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 11:03 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 11:41 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 11:57 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Paul de Weerd, (Wed Oct 24, 12:22 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Darren Spruell, (Wed Oct 24, 12:27 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 12:46 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 1:16 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 1:31 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Jason Dixon, (Wed Oct 24, 1:37 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 1:48 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Kevin Stam, (Wed Oct 24, 2:04 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Daniel Ouellet, (Wed Oct 24, 2:19 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 2:26 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 2:31 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 2:41 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 2:59 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 3:00 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Henning Brauer, (Wed Oct 24, 3:14 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Tony Abernethy, (Wed Oct 24, 3:27 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Matthew Weigel, (Wed Oct 24, 3:35 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 3:44 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Jack J. Woehr, (Wed Oct 24, 3:52 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Jeremy Huiskamp, (Wed Oct 24, 4:52 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Darrin Chandler, (Wed Oct 24, 5:43 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 6:14 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 6:20 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Wed Oct 24, 6:27 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Darren Spruell, (Wed Oct 24, 6:46 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Steve Shockley, (Wed Oct 24, 6:53 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Darrin Chandler, (Wed Oct 24, 6:54 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Jason Dixon, (Wed Oct 24, 6:57 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .. , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 24, 7:01 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Damien Miller, (Wed Oct 24, 7:01 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Damien Miller, (Wed Oct 24, 7:05 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Tony Abernethy, (Wed Oct 24, 8:07 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Karsten McMinn, (Wed Oct 24, 9:15 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Lars Hansson, (Wed Oct 24, 9:50 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Lars Noodén, (Wed Oct 24, 11:14 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Richard Toohey, (Thu Oct 25, 12:28 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Richard Toohey, (Thu Oct 25, 12:37 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Lars Noodén, (Thu Oct 25, 1:00 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Richard Toohey, (Thu Oct 25, 1:06 am)
Hardware support for secure virtualization (was: About Xen ..., Rodrigo V. Raimundo, (Thu Oct 25, 3:50 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Douglas A. Tutty, (Thu Oct 25, 6:04 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Douglas A. Tutty, (Thu Oct 25, 6:16 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Thu Oct 25, 7:06 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Adam Getchell, (Thu Oct 25, 7:30 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Thu Oct 25, 8:02 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Thu Oct 25, 9:09 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Thu Oct 25, 9:11 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Jason Dixon, (Thu Oct 25, 9:23 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Thu Oct 25, 9:26 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Tom Van Looy, (Thu Oct 25, 9:54 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., L. V. Lammert, (Thu Oct 25, 10:43 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., richardtoohey, (Thu Oct 25, 11:36 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Subcommander l0r3zz, (Thu Oct 25, 1:36 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Matt Rowley, (Fri Oct 26, 5:34 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Subcommander l0r3zz, (Fri Oct 26, 10:23 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Shawn K. Quinn, (Sun Oct 28, 11:29 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Douglas A. Tutty, (Sun Oct 28, 3:18 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Nick Holland, (Sun Oct 28, 7:31 pm)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Douglas A. Tutty, (Mon Oct 29, 5:43 am)
Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but .., Douglas A. Tutty, (Mon Oct 29, 1:26 pm)