Re: [PATCH] AF_VMCHANNEL address family for guest<->host communication.

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Anthony Liguori <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> If we used TCP, we don't have a useful TCP/IP stack in QEMU, so we'd 
> have to inject that traffic into the host Linux instance, and then 
> receive the traffic in QEMU.  Besides being indirect, it has some nasty 
> security implications that I outlined in my response to Jeremy's last note.

When combined with namespaces I don't see why using the kernel TCP
stack would create any security problems that wouldn't otherwise
exist.

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