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Virtualization Decreases Security
ParaFan writes "In a fascinating story on KernelTrap, Theo de Raadt asserts that while virtualization can increase hardware utilization, it does not in any way improve security. In fact, he contends the exact opposite is true: 'You are absolutely deluded, if not stupid, if you think that a worldwide collection of software engineers who can't write operating systems or applications without security holes, can then turn around and suddenly write virtualization layers without security holes.' de Raadt argues that the lack of support for process isolation on x86 hardware combined with numerous bugs in the architecture are a formula for virtualization decreasing overall security, not increasing it."
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And as there is no engineer that can develop hardware without security bugs, the only solution is to stay with insecurity!
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There's still a lesson in diversity and computer security to be learned here.
Indeed. Implementing proper security is no small potatoes.