From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Charles Coffing" Subject: Re: protecting xen startup Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:33:31 -0700 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: xen-devel@lists.sf.net, lkcl@lkcl.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Right, xend is just an HTTP interface to Xen via system calls or ioctls (xend <--> linux <--> Xen). There's also a daemon (xfrd) running on 8002. There currently is no authentication on either port. In the source tree, look at docs/misc/xend.tex, although some details are out of date. HTH, Charles >>>Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton 11/23/04 10:05 am >>> hi, i notice that there's a management interface on port 8000. i seek to protect this interface such that nothing but a trusted program (think selinux) may run, manage, start up or shut down xen oses. so: where can i find out information about the structure of the xen management interface? is the port 8000 stuff just providing a web server (/etc/init.d/xend) front-end to some extra system calls? is the port 8000 stuff actually running in the xen boot-up stuff? if it's some extra system calls that's very good because it will be possible to add selinux security hooks to protect each system call. ta, l. -- -- http://lkcl.net -- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/