Re: [Qemu-devel] Block filter status

[Benoît Canet]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:32:19PM +0000, Farr, Kaitlin M. wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> 

Hello,

1) I once wanted to write block filters.
2) I am not a QEMU contributor anymore.
3) If you need block filters you also need to write them.

Best regards

Benoît

> I would like to inquire about the status of block filters in QEMU. I work for 
> a team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and we 
> would be interested in a QEMU encryption feature, such as described in the 
> to-do list [1]. However, it seems the method described relies on block 
> filters, also on the to-do list. Does development work on block filters live 
> in a public branch somewhere? If so, I'd greatly appreciate it if someone 
> could point me to it so that I could take a look. Does anyone know of an 
> estimated date for when the block filters might be in state so that one could 
> write an encryption filter? Additionally, does anyone have an estimate for 
> time and amount of effort if might take to implement such an encryption 
> filter? If someone could assist me in planning out what steps need to be 
> taken to support encryption, I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kaitlin Farr
> 
> Software engineer
> 
> JHU/APL
> 
> 
> 1. 
> http://qemu-project.org/Features/Block/Todo#New_design_for_better_encryption_support_.5Barmbru.5D
>