From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MOb6Y-00005T-T8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:38:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MOb6T-0008WH-M0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:38:49 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55823 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MOb6T-0008WE-Hj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:38:45 -0400 Received: from cerberus.snarc.org ([212.85.155.21]:41004) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOb6Q-0005Nm-Rt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:38:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 18:48:29 +0100 From: Vincent Hanquez Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] ATAPI pass through v2 Message-ID: <20090708174829.GA7078@snarc.org> References: <200907011931.53521.alexandre.bique@citrix.com> <20090707200327.GA3902@miranda.arrow> <4A53D2FD.4040004@codemonkey.ws> <5d3bb3090907071421i506a2f0bh5aca170c35a26f62@mail.gmail.com> <200907072344.33893.paul@codesourcery.com> <5d3bb3090907071550s6e832c45k804bca769aa57f70@mail.gmail.com> <4A53D3B1.2020903@codemonkey.ws> <19028.50372.333318.144669@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <4A54D57B.8080603@codemonkey.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A54D57B.8080603@codemonkey.ws> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Ian Jackson , Paul Brook , Alexandre Bique , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 12:20:59PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: >>> I'm sure something like SELinux can be used to prevent a root QEMU >>> process from doing a firmware upgrade. >>> >> >> *boggle* You're not serious, are you ? >> > > Yes, I'm actually a fan of SELinux in the context of a dedicated > virtualization system. do you really expect to put a SCSI packet inspector (to detect firmware update for example) in a SELinux layer ? -- Vincent