Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-22 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/22/2017 11:15 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 21.11.17 at 19:19, wrote: >> xentrace I would argue for security support; I've asked customers to >> send me xentrace data as part of analysis before. I also know enough >> about it that I'm reasonably confident the

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-22 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 21.11.17 at 19:19, wrote: > xentrace I would argue for security support; I've asked customers to > send me xentrace data as part of analysis before. I also know enough > about it that I'm reasonably confident the risk of an attack vector is > pretty low. Knowing

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-22 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/21/2017 07:21 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 21/11/17 19:05, Ian Jackson wrote: >> George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, >> analysis, crash post-portem"): >>> gdbsx security support: Someone may want to debug an untrusted guest, >>> so I think we should say

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-21 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 21/11/17 19:05, Ian Jackson wrote: > George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, > crash post-portem"): >> gdbsx security support: Someone may want to debug an untrusted guest, >> so I think we should say 'yes' here. > I think running gdb on an potentially

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-21 Thread Ian Jackson
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem"): > gdbsx security support: Someone may want to debug an untrusted guest, > so I think we should say 'yes' here. I think running gdb on an potentially hostile program is foolish. > I don't have a

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-21 Thread George Dunlap
On 11/21/2017 08:48 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: >> --- a/SUPPORT.md >> +++ b/SUPPORT.md >> @@ -152,6 +152,35 @@ Output of information in machine-parseable JSON format >> >> Status: Supported, Security support external >> >> +##

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-21 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 13.11.17 at 16:41, wrote: > --- a/SUPPORT.md > +++ b/SUPPORT.md > @@ -152,6 +152,35 @@ Output of information in machine-parseable JSON format > > Status: Supported, Security support external > > +## Debugging, analysis, and crash post-mortem > + > +###

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem

2017-11-13 Thread George Dunlap
Signed-off-by: George Dunlap --- CC: Ian Jackson CC: Wei Liu CC: Andrew Cooper CC: Jan Beulich CC: Stefano Stabellini CC: Konrad Wilk