Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.2.0 Release Plan / TODO

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 09:39 +0100, Pasi KÃrkkÃinen wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 09:34:27AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 03:51 +0100, Pasi KÃrkkÃinen wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 10:42:40AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > tools, nice to have:
> > > > 
> > > >     * xl compatibility with xm:
> > > > 
> > >           * xl support for "monitor" command. I don't see it mentioned in 
> > > xl.cfg docs.
> > >             (the command to enable/disable access to the per-vm Qemu 
> > > monitor/console 
> > >              from VNC, which is usually accessed with ctrl-alt-2).
> > 
> > I can't see that happening for 4.2.0 now I'm afraid. Probably best to
> > bring it up with George in the 4.3 thread. It might be a candidate for
> > 4.2.1 depending on the size of the patch.
> > 
> 
> Yep. If "monitor2 is enabled as a default (I'm not sure about that), then 
> it's a security issue.. 

Right, we *definitely* need to make sure this is not the case before
4.2.0. I consider this aspect of monitor support a blocker.

> User having a VNC session to the console of the VM can run Qemu
> commands, so for example map .iso files from dom0 etc..

Ian.


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