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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vnc: disable VNC password authentication (se
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Paul Moore |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vnc: disable VNC password authentication (security type 2) when in FIPS mode |
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Fri, 04 May 2012 08:39:38 -0400 |
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On Friday, May 04, 2012 09:54:17 AM Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 05:00:45PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > FIPS 140-2 requires disabling certain ciphers, including DES, which is
> > used
> > by VNC to obscure passwords when they are sent over the network. The
> > solution for FIPS users is to disable the use of VNC password auth when
> > the
> > host system is operating in FIPS mode.
> >
> > This patch causes qemu to emit a syslog entry and a message to stderr when
> > the host system is running in FIPS mode and a VNC password was specified
> > on
> > the commend line. If the system is not running in FIPS mode, or is
> > running
> > in FIPS mode but VNC password authentication was not requested, qemu
> > operates normally.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <address@hidden>
>
> Reviewed-by: Dainel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
>
> Looks good to me now.
Thanks.
--
paul moore
security and virtualization @ redhat