On 02/09/2011 11:24 AM, James Ko wrote: > Is VIX really required for quiescing? I would actually prefer to have VIX > disabled as I see it as a potential > security risk for the guest.
VIX is needed for quiescing on Linux, yes; that's how the freeze / thaw scripts are executed. There are a few other operations from the UI that also need VIX support in the guest, although I don't remember more details. VIX requires guest authentication for most, if not all, of its operations. An exception exists when the request comes from hostd, in which case VIX assumes that hostd / VC are properly authenticating / authorizing the user to perform that operation. So unless you have some concern regarding the latter, VIX doesn't really add any security risks to the VM. -- - Marcelo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
