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Re: [Xen-devel] Can Xen VMM or dom0 see the console input to certain dom

To: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Can Xen VMM or dom0 see the console input to certain domU?
From: Xin Zhao <zhaoxin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:58:52 -0500 (EST)
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Thanks a lot! Your answer exactly addressed my question. :) Can you point
out the exact place that forwards user input to DomU via TCP socket in
Xend?  I might want to deploy a module in Dom0 to inspect the user inputs
(both keyboard and mouse) to DomU.

cheers,
-x


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Anthony Liguori wrote:

> Xin Zhao wrote:
>
> >Also, looks like the network traffic is bridged at dom0, does that mean
> >dom0 can see all the network traffic to all domU?
> >
> >
> I'm not sure I fully understand your questions.
>
> dom0 feeds each domU's console input.  The current source of that input
> is a TCP socket via Xend.
>
> All network traffic is funnelled through the network device's backend
> which currently lives in dom0.
>
> >If the answers to the two questions above are "yes", can someone point me
> >to the right place in source codes that bridge user terminal inputs and
> >network traffic?
> >
> >
> It depends on what you're trying to do.  If you want to do some sort of
> traffic shaping or routing the normal Linux hooks should work in dom0.
>
> If you want to trap console input, you're probably going to be looking
> in Xend.
>
> Regards,
>
> >Many thanks!
> >
> >-x
> >
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