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IBM Pledges To Make Xen More Secure

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-news-for-development dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the latest posting on the Xen developer list, IBM pledges to make Xen more secure by porting its secure hypervisor (sHype) architecture to it. In their posting, IBM discusses an SELinux like access control frame work, resource control and monitoring and trusted computing support for Xen. It appears that a lot is happening on the Xen front (for example, the announcement of XenSource Inc. and Intel's code drop in the xeno-unstable.bk tree for their super secret VT CPU)."

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  1. Trust Blues by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    If IBM makes an open-source Trusted Computing component that is indistinguishable to Windows components authenticating it across the Net, IBM will have made up for a multitude of sins. Between IBM and Novell, Linux might just keep us out of the clutches of the Windows hegemony for another decade.

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    1. Re:Trust Blues by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Troll

      I hate to see Solaris/Sun go down
      I hate to see Solaris/Sun go down
      'Cause, my server, it's got no workaroun'

      Upgrade tomorrow, like I upgraded today
      If I upgrade tomorrow, like I upgraded today
      I'll install XP and get some bills to pay

      Redmond software, with its web of trust
      Pulls the users around by their technolust
      With crappy software that should be left to rust

      Give me the Trusted Computing blues
      Blues that I can't use
      Swap my Linux for Windows
      Lord, make me pay my dues

      I love IBM like a jailbird loves the key
      Like a Finland hacker loves the CVS tree
      Bigger blues come and set my PC free

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