Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] libxc: Add trusted decompressors

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 12:44 +0000, Bastian Blank wrote:

> > I'm not sure "trusted" is quite the right term though, these aren't
> > really any more trustworthy than the library supplied ones -- they are
> > just more suitable for a mini-os environment.
> 
> I used the term "trusted" because it should not be fed with untrusted
> input. So it should not be used in the normal libxenguest. In the case
> of pv-grub, all input is trusted as it runs in the same security domain.

That makes sense.

Ian.


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