Try this for z/VM security. http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/techpapers/gm130145.htm l
/Thomas Kern /301-903-2211 > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Greg Smith > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: virtual machine vs lpar > > > It looks like we are almost to the point of implementing > a production linux image which will be an oracle back-end > for a public-access webserver. Naturally the concept of > multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine is > a new concept for the network/security/sysadmin types. > They are used to a physical tangible box that you can put > in a close and lock the door. > > There is some concern expressed by these people about > information `leakage' between virtual machines. My boss > has proposed separate lpars instead to `harden the walls'. > I desperately want to talk him out of this course of action. > > What I need is some published verbiage discussing the > `boundaries' between virtual machines and citations (if > any) where multiple lpars running z/vm) are preferable > over a a single lpar running z/vm (disregarding any > performance aspects). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
