On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 03:47:07PM +0200, Hrvoje Ribicic wrote:
> Here's an interdiff describing the security implications better:
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index e3e25bc..39bdf49 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ Incompatible/important changes
>    for the xl stack of Xen required SSH to be able to migrate the instance,
>    leading to a situation where full movement of an instance around the
> cluster
>    was not possible. This version fixes the issue by using socat to transfer
> -  instance data. As a consequence, Xen instance migrations using xl cannot
> -  occur between nodes running 2.13.0 and 2.13.1.
> +  instance data. While socat is less secure than SSH, it is about as
> secure as
> +  xm migrations, and occurs over the secondary network if present. As a
> +  consequence of this change, Xen instance migrations using xl cannot occur
> +  between nodes running 2.13.0 and 2.13.1.
> 

LGTM. Thanks.

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