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Re: [Xen-devel] Is it possible to access XenStore remotely?

from [Ian Jackson] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Is it possible to access XenStore remotely?
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:41:47 +0100
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weiming writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Is it possible to access XenStore remotely?"):
> Yes, I'm considering adding a TCP socket for xenstored.

As Jean says, this is easy but probably unwise.

> Since xen apis can be called remotely, there's no reason to prevent
> accessing xenstore in the same way.

You will need to think about access control.  I don't think we will be
accepting any patches to implement the more complex access control
which will be necessary, so you'll be maintaining a private branch.

Ian.

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