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Re: [Xen-users] Security Violation?
On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 09:21:32AM +0000, Steve Kemp wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 11:16:02AM +0200, Frederic Stumpf wrote:
>
> > > Probably what is happening is that you have Firefox running in dom0
> > > already - so when you run the *new* firefox in domU it doesn't actually
> > > start a new process and export the display, instead it connects to
> > > your already-running instance and just creates a new window.
> >
> > I don't think that this is the issue, since there is a strong isolation
> > between the processes running inside the VM and Dom0.
>
> Try it with two random non-Xen hosts. The same thing happens.
>
> 1. Run firefox on the local host.
>
> 2. Run "ssh -X remote.host firefox"
>
> 3. Notice a new window. Notice that it is a new window belonging
> to the *local* firefox. (You can tell by things like bookmarks/
> start page/whatever.)
>
> > It is a curiose problem I never encountered.
>
> This is not a Xen-specific problem, but an issue with firefox which
> suprises people often. Mozilla behaves the same way.
>
> Testing this is easy if you have two hosts with firefox/mozilla
> installed.
>
> Steve
> --
Steve, you're right. Firefox has the same affect on non xen hosts, which is
very surprising. I've no idea how firefox manages to do this.
rgds,
Paul
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