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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes
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Eduardo Habkost |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/9] encryption code changes |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:57:04 -0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
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.
libgcrypt is included on the GnuTLS Windows package. I didn't test the
changes under Windows, though.
--
Eduardo
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/9] configure: add check for libgcrypt, (continued)
- [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