From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jacob Gorm Hansen Subject: Re: How many lines of Xen source code Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:46:55 -0800 Message-ID: <424E079F.9060307@diku.dk> References: <39CC97884CA19A4D8D6296FE94357BCB01DD1706@swsmsx404> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <39CC97884CA19A4D8D6296FE94357BCB01DD1706@swsmsx404> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "Neugebauer, Rolf" Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Neugebauer, Rolf wrote: > Within a security context we are also actively looking at reducing the > TCB, basically deconstructing Dom0. Fine grained MAC at it's current > operation is part of the picture as is delegating some of it's > functionality to other domains, in particular the IO functions it > currently performs on behalf of other domains, but also things like > domain building. > > The issue of reducing the TCB will probably play a major part in a > meeting prior to the xen summit next week. We plan to report back to the > list. If any Xen people are going to USENIX NSDI in Boston in May, perhaps it would be a good idea to arrange a Xen BOF session there? Jacob