Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vnc: disable VNC password authentication (security type 2) when in FIPS mode

2012-05-04 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 05:00:45PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote: FIPS 140-2 requires disabling certain ciphers, including DES, which is used by VNC to obscure passwords when they are sent over the network. The solution for FIPS users is to disable the use of VNC password auth when the host system

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vnc: disable VNC password authentication (security type 2) when in FIPS mode

2012-05-04 Thread Paul Moore
On Friday, May 04, 2012 09:54:17 AM Daniel P. Berrange wrote: On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 05:00:45PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote: FIPS 140-2 requires disabling certain ciphers, including DES, which is used by VNC to obscure passwords when they are sent over the network. The solution for FIPS

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vnc: disable VNC password authentication (security type 2) when in FIPS mode

2012-05-03 Thread Paul Moore
FIPS 140-2 requires disabling certain ciphers, including DES, which is used by VNC to obscure passwords when they are sent over the network. The solution for FIPS users is to disable the use of VNC password auth when the host system is operating in FIPS mode. This patch causes qemu to emit a