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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] [Xend] Move some backend configuration



On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 05:09:21PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:

> > Console data
> > 
> >  /local/domain/%d/console/vnc-port
> >  /local/domain/%d/console/tty
> 
> Duplicating this pair of nodes sounds fine to me, *but* then libvirt is
> simply remaining vulnerable to the kind of attack we're are looking to
> avoid? Can any good really come from keeping the old locations?

Why isn't xenstored refusing writes/deletes from domid != 0 for these ?
Isn't this a much better fix?

It's ugly, but the mistake was made a long time ago, and it seems like
it should be lived with.

BTW, the ability to change the name or whatever also seems suspect,
though most likely less serious.

regards
john

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