Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 22:24 UTC
Theo de Raadt has lifted the veil off OpenBSD 4.3. "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.3. This is our 23nd release on CD-ROM (and 24rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install." Boasting as always, but when it's justified, arrogance is a virtue.
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RE: Any support for virtualization ...
by amit on Thu 1st May 2008 17:05
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Member since:2006-02-13
Does OpenBSD support any kind of virtualization for server consolidation? It seems all the current options are available only for Linux - be it for server or desktop. Currently testing NetBSD/Xen but would like to see something along the lines of KVM for Linux.
I remember reading an interview of Theo somewhere and he pretty much said that virtualization was useless. Although most vendors tout the improved security, Theo actually argues otherwise.
It is a very interesting read and I must say after reading it, I do doubt the advantages of virtualization.
Some points I remember:
* He argues about the insecurity virtualization hardware technology included in Intel/AMD chips today.
* I will try to find link for that.
But to cut a long story short, I don't see OpenBSD supporting virtualization at all.
RE[2]: Any support for virtualization ...
by lteo on Thu 1st May 2008 17:59
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Member since:2007-03-25
But to cut a long story short, I don't see OpenBSD supporting virtualization at all.
OpenBSD does support some virtualization with qemu for example.
http://www.openbsd.org/4.3_packages/i386/qemu-0.9.0p1-kqemu.tgz-lon...
There was a Google SoC project for OpenBSD/xen at some point, but it looks like it was never finished.
http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2006/08/21/openbsd-xen-boots-m...
RE[2]: Any support for virtualization ...
by Oliver on Thu 1st May 2008 22:24
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Member since:2006-07-15
>Although most vendors tout the improved security
Like Vmware, Xen etc. Guess why? It's their business. But there are many people denying the usability of virtualization. Furthermore Theo isn't God, if _he_ doesn't like something, it doesn't mean it will never make it in the system. So this isn't Linux with its dictatorship.
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2006-03-29
Does OpenBSD support any kind of virtualization for server consolidation? It seems all the current options are available only for Linux - be it for server or desktop. Currently testing NetBSD/Xen but would like to see something along the lines of KVM for Linux.