Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-18 Thread Ian Jackson
Simon Waterman writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC"): > It's not the QEMU in the stubdom that would need to be newer > but rather the one that's spawned in domain-0 to provide the > VNC backend when you use an IOEMU stubdom. As I understand > it this also nee

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-17 Thread Simon Waterman
On 16/05/17 14:28, Ian Jackson wrote: George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC"): On 16/05/17 14:16, Ian Jackson wrote: Simon: What is stopping you moving to a modern version of qemu ? I think from his previous query, it was the fact that there

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-16 Thread Ian Jackson
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC"): > On 16/05/17 14:16, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Simon: What is stopping you moving to a modern version of qemu ? > > I think from his previous query, it was the fact that there is no > suitable stubdom for qemu

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-16 Thread George Dunlap
On 16/05/17 14:16, Ian Jackson wrote: > George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL > support to VNC"): >> Hmm, I don't think this counts as "small patch with simple changes", >> but I'll let Ian comment. > > I'm quite uneasy about this. It seems like the addition of

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-16 Thread Ian Jackson
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC"): > Hmm, I don't think this counts as "small patch with simple changes", > but I'll let Ian comment. I'm quite uneasy about this. It seems like the addition of a lot of code; effectively, a fork of the SASL

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-16 Thread George Dunlap
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Simon Waterman wrote: > This patch series back-ports SASL authentication from > upstream QEMU to the VNC server in qemu-xen-traditional. > It enables authentication to the VNC console of a domain > to be controlled using any SASL mechanism when using an > IOEMU st

[Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/6] qemu-xen-trad: sasl: add SASL support to VNC

2017-05-15 Thread Simon Waterman
This patch series back-ports SASL authentication from upstream QEMU to the VNC server in qemu-xen-traditional. It enables authentication to the VNC console of a domain to be controlled using any SASL mechanism when using an IOEMU stubdom. SASL can be used with or without X509 certificates. The op