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Re: ESX Vmware Physically connected to different segments

From: Kurt Buff (kurt.buffgmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2008 - 16:49:27 CST

Well said, and a point that I meant to imply, but it didn't come through.

On Jan 30, 2008 12:29 AM, Dave Howe <David.Howeansgroup.co.uk> wrote:
> David M. Zendzian wrote:
> > Just the fact that we mix customers in a virtual environment creates a
> > similar risk. We aren't able to offer a dedicated host for every
> > customer who wants a virtual environment, that would defeat the purpose
> > of virtualization.
> >
> > Maybe I missed part of the earlier discussion, and I'm always ready to
> > look at other ways of approaching the problem. Other than dedicated
> > hosts for each customer, what would you suggest a basic design be to
> > provide what you are describing?
>
> That's fine (well, its not fine, but its understandable; customers know
> what they are buying, and it isn't a dedicated machine for themselves in
> its own VLAN; if they want that, they can pay you more and GET that)
>
> As long as you assume that machines on the shared ESX server are no
> more or less secure than accounts on the *same* server separated by use
> of chroot, then you can give a customer (Or potential customer) a
> realistic estimate of the security he is buying. He isn't getting the
> same level of security he would get from a dedicated machine, but he
> isn't PAYING for that, so he has to live with what the product he buys
> provides. As long as everyone knows that up front, I don't see how they
> have grounds for complaint.
>
>
>
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