Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] USB over network

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 04:43:58AM -0700, Gal Hammer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attached is a preliminary  patch which add QEmu the ability to use local
> USB devices over network. It should work with DOK devices and might work
> with web cameras.

AFAICT, the wire protocol doesn't provide for feature negotiation or
versioning, which somewhat limits our ability to extend its capabilities
in the future. This is a concern since it is also does not appear to
have any kind of security model in the existing impl - QEMU will 
accept incoming client connections from anywhere. I'd like to see at
least an upfront feature negotiation/handshake, such that someone could
later add support for authentication and/or encryption, eg by layering
in GnuTLS and/or Kerberos via GSSAPI/SASL.

Daniel
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