Am 19.10.2010 um 02:10 schrieb Anthony Liguori <anth...@codemonkey.ws>:
> On 10/18/2010 06:29 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >>> A user will get a really nasty surprise if they think they can use a flag >>> or rely on QEMU to prevent a VM from doing something nasty with a device. >>> If they have this feeling of security, they're likely to chmod the device >>> to allow unprivileged users to access it. >>> >>> But how a device handles ATAPI commands is totally up to the device. If >>> you issue the wrong sequence, I'm sure there are devices out there that >>> totally hose themselves. Are you absolutely confident that every ATAPI >>> device out there is completely safe against hostile code provided that you >>> simply prevent the FW update commands? I'm certainly not. >>> >> Ping? >> > > Who are you pinging? Mostly Ian. I haven't seen any follow-up on this discussion and would like to know why and if there's still plans to upstream this code :). Alex >
