I’m pleased to announce the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.7 and Xen Project Hypervisor 4.6.3. Xen Project Hypervisor 4.7 This new release focuses on improving code quality, security hardening,…
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The first release of Mirage OS back in December 2013 introduced the prototype of the unikernel concept, which realised the promise of a safe, flexible mechanism to build highly optimized…
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We normally only cover news and information directly related to Xen in this channel, but we thought it might be useful to briefly expand our scope a bit to mention…
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After concluding our poll about changes to the security discussion, we determined that "Pre-disclosure to software vendors and a wide set of users" was probably the best fit for the…
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Xen.org recently released a number of (related) security updates, XSA-7 through to -9. This was done by the Xen.org Security Team who are charged with following the Xen.org Security Problem…
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Most open source projects, Xen.org included, do what is called "coordinated disclosure" of security problems. The idea is that we keep security bugs secret until people have had a chance…
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Virtualization interview with Simon Crosby - http://virtualization.ulitzer.com/node/554197?page=0,0 Virtualization security discussion - http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1354642,00.html#
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Joana Rutkowska and her team presented very interesting insights on Xen security, as well as attacks against it, at this years Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. In a trilogy…
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A new email has been established for anyone finding a security issue with any Xen build. Please send a detailed email of the problem to security@xen.org. This email distribution reaches…
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