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Xen Project 4.7.4 and 4.9.1 are available
11/27/2017

I am pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.7.4 and 4.9.1. Xen Project Maintenance releases are released in line with our Maintenance Release Policy. We recommend that all users of the 4.7 and 4.9 stable series update to the latest point release. These

Announcing the Xen Project 4.10 RC and Test Day Schedules
10/19/2017

On Monday, we created Xen 4.10 RC1 and will release a new release candidate every MONDAY, until we declare a release candidate as the final candidate and cut the Xen 4.10 release. We will also hold a Test Day every WEDNESDAY for the release candidate that was released

A Brief Introduction to the Xen Project and Virtualization from Mohsen Mostafa Jokar
10/17/2017

Mohsen Mostafa Jokar is a Linux administrator who works at the newspaper Hamshahri as a network and virtualization administrator. His interest in virtualization goes back to when he was at school and saw a Microsoft Virtual PC for the first time. He installed it on a PC with 256 MB

Announcing the Windows PV Console Driver
05/09/2017

It has long been the case that all HVM guests under Xen are provided with a PV console. You can attach to this console in the same way that you attach to the console of a PV guest, by typing in the control domain: xl console name_of_guest Until

Updates on XSA-213, XSA-214 and XSA-215
05/02/2017

Today we released three patches for the following vulnerabilities: XSA-213, XSA-214 and XSA-215. Xen Project follows industry-accepted best practices regarding software security. This includes observing an embargo period, during which time the Xen Project security team will assess, respond, and prepare patches fixing the vulnerability, and distribute them privately to

Announcing Xen Project 4.9 RC and Test Day Schedule
04/13/2017

Today, we created Xen 4.9 RC1 and will release a new release candidate every week, until we declare a release candidate as the final candidate and cut the Xen 4.9 release. We will also hold a Test Day every TUESDAY for the release candidate that was released the

Now Accepting Submissions for Xen Project Developer and Design Summit 2017
03/14/2017

We’re excited to announce that registration and the call for proposals is open for Xen Project Developer and Design Summit 2017, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from July 11-13, 2017. The Xen Project Developer and Design Summit combines the formats of Xen Project Developer Summits with Xen

Request for Comment: Scope of Vulnerabilities for which XSAs are issued
02/14/2017

Issuing advisories has a cost: It costs the security team significant amounts of time to craft and send the advisories; it costs many of our downstreams time to apply, build, and test patches; and it costs many of our users time to decide whether to do an update, and if

What's New with Xen Project Hypervisor 4.8?
12/07/2016

I’m pleased to announce the release of the Xen Project Hypervisor 4.8. As always, we focused on improving code quality, security hardening as well as enabling new features. One area of interest and particular focus is new feature support for ARM servers. Over the last few months, weâ€

Please Welcome Our New Release Manager
12/05/2016

Dear community members, I’m pleased to announce that Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com> will be the Release Manager for the next Xen release. The appointment was voted by the Committers and the vote passed. Julien has done excellent jobs in many aspects. He has been an

Xen Project Maintenance Releases Available (Versions 4.6.4 and 4.7.1)
11/07/2016

I am pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.4 and 4.7.1. Xen Project Maintenance releases are released in line with our Maintenance Release Policy. We recommend that all users of the 4.6 and 4.7 stable series update to the latest point release. Xen

Announcing Xen Project 4.8 RC and Test Day Schedule
10/05/2016

On Monday, we created Xen 4.8 RC1 and will release a new release candidate every week, until we declare a release candidate as the final candidate and cut the Xen 4.8 release. We will also hold a Test Day every Friday for the release candidate that was released