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Re: [Xen-users] Secure VLANs



On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 05/01/11 21:40, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Jonathan Tripathy<jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:

>> Don't present the physical interface to the DomUs
>>
> I had this method in my head however I wasn't sure if it is "secure". Using
> the above simple method, is there *no way* that a customer could "VLAN Hop"
> by double tagging or anything else?

It's common networking stuff, same situation with physical servers and
switches, nothing xen-specific about it. Your network guys will have
more info.

IIRC it's safe as long as you do NOT assign the switch's native vlan
(usually vlan1) to domU.

-- 
Fajar

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