From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
Subject: Re: [BUNDLE] Testing a simpler inter-domain transport
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:59:07 -0700
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To: "King, Steven R" <steven.r.king@intel.com>
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King, Steven R wrote:

> Shared page LAN is much less secure than a real LAN.  Any domain
> attached to the shared page, i.e. in the LAN, can modify any frame "in
> flight" on the page.  Recipients have no confidence that the received
> frame is actually what the sender sent.

yes, this discussion came up some time ago (I noticed it when i was 
doing the Plan 9 port) and I think the conclusion was "yep, it's an 
issue". I am not sure where it all went -- I have not yet started the 
xen 3.0 port for plan 9.

ron