Re: [Qemu-devel] Have any ideas about how to detect whether a program is running inside QEMU?

[Jamie Lokier]

James Lau wrote:
>    My  program  is  a utility for internet payment. It takes an important
>    role  in  the  payment  process  to  ensure  security.  One of the key
>    functions  is  that the program should detect which machine is paying.
>    So  while  virtual  machine  (like  QEMU) is present, it can cheat the
>    program.
> 
>    Checking   the   hard   disk  model,  cpu  type,  and  other  hardward
>    informations makes little sense.  Because the users or the hackers can
>    easily  modify  these informations. So I need a QEMU internal checking
>    method that hackers can't easily bypass.

But hackers can easily modify QEMU source.  So how can you depend on
any feature of QEMU for your security checks?

-- Jamie