Re: Simple patches for Linux as a guest OS in a plex86 VM (please consider)

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@ucw.cz)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 07:42:44 EST

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Hi!

> >All alternatives I have seen to UML (plex, vmware, UMLinux) suck IMHO.
>
> It seems plausible to expect that it might be easier to verify security
> in plex86-based approaches than it is to verify security in UML.

As plex86 uses pretty obscure tricks (like PVI -- is it even
documented in official Intel docs?), I doubt it is going to be easier
to verify.
Pavel

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