On 05/28/2010 10:46 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> Leaving qemu privileged means that a compromised guest can
exploit the
> privileges and do damage to the hypervisor; is it worth adding
> additional comments warning the user about the lack of security inherent
> in clearing the option?
>
How about
# If clear_emulator_capabilities is enabled, libvirt will drop all
# privileged capabilities of the QEmu/KVM emulator. This is enabled by #
default.
#
# Warning: Disabling this option means that a compromised guest can
# exploit the privileges and possibly do damage to the host.
Sounds good to me with that wording.
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