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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes
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Daniel P. Berrange |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes |
Date: |
Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:06:14 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:43:13PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This patch series for qemu contain multiple changes on the way encryption
> >and authentication code is handled.
> >
> >The first patch is a behaviour change to avoid silent security holes on
> >the VNC server caused by user configuration errors.
> >
> >Patches 2 and 3 are bugfixes to some of the multiple problems
> >I had with monitor_readline(), when testing the qcow encryption
> >support. monitor_readline() is still not completely functional, but
> >at least it allows the qcow password to be read when an qcow encrypted
> >image is specified on the command-line, now.
> >
> >The remaining patches may be more controversial. The first half makes the
> >use of aes.c and d3des.c optional at compile time. The rest remove aes.c
> >and d3des.c from the source tree and replace them with calls to libgcrypt.
> >
>
> What's the availability of libgcrypt? Are there Windows versions
> readily available? That would be my biggest concern here.
It is available for Windows - we build it in the Fedora MinGW project as
it is a pre-requisite for GNUTLS and thus libvirt on Windows. It is also
used by (and comes from the) GnuPG project
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gcrypt/
Regards,
Daniel
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/9] drive_init: Don't try to read passwords before monitor setup, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/9] drive_init: Don't try to read passwords before monitor setup, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/9] configure: add check for libgcrypt, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/9] qcow: define QCOW_CRYPT_MAX, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/9] monitor_readline: poll pending bottom halves before readline_start(), Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/9] qcow: make encryption support optional, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/9] vnc: abort on unknown options, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 8/9] qcow: use libgcrypt AES implementation, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 9/9] vnc: use libgcrypt for DES-challenge authentication, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/02/06
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes, Jan Kiszka, 2009/02/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes, Anthony Liguori, 2009/02/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes, Daniel P. Berrange, 2009/02/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes, Anthony Liguori, 2009/02/14