This support was introduced in QEMU 2.6 last year. Some info here: https://www.berrange.com/posts/2016/08/16/improving-qemu-security-part-6 -tls-support-for-character-devices/
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1064631 Title: Feature request: tls for chardev socket (telnet,tcp,udp) Status in QEMU: Fix Released Bug description: Hello, it would be nice if chardev socket (telnet,tcp,udp) could have tls support as vnc does. This way we could have encrypted access to virtual character devices over network, for example in setup: conserver -> socat+tls <-> qemu+chardev+tls. The best would be both direction - server even client, so even the client should trust remote server (trustfile, fingeprint...?). Thank you. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1064631/+subscriptions