There has an unusual amount of media attention to XSA-108 during the embargo period (which ended Wednesday) — far more than any of the previous security issues the Xen Project has reported. It began when a blogger complained that Amazon was telling customers it would be rebooting VMs in certain regions
The Xen Project Security Team today disclosed details of the Xen Security Advisory 108 / CVE-2014-7188 (Improper MSR range used for x2APIC emulation). The Xen Project does not normally comment on specific vulnerabilities other than issuing security advisories. However, given wide interest in this case, we believe it is helpful to
After several days offline, the Xen Project blog has returned! Our blog had been subjected to malicious activities, so we had to take it down and remedy the situation. We’re back now, and although there are a few minor issues to address, we are ready to move forward. A
By Olivier Lambert Containers and hypervisors are often seen as competing technologies – enemies even. But in reality the two technologies are complementary and increasingly used together by developers and admins. This recent Linux.com article talked about this supposed battle, noting however that developers are using Docker in traditional VMs
[Originally post on Linux.com] Some claim that the age of virtualization is now past. However, nothing could be farther from the truth. And this year’s Xen Project User Summit will highlight many of the newest advances in virtualization. If you use the Xen Project Hypervisor
I am pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.4.1, 4.3.3 and 4.2.5. We recommend that all users of the 4.4, 4.3 and 4.2 stable series update to the latest point release. Xen 4.4.1 Xen 4.4.1 is
This is a repost from Arianna’s blog, which contains a lot of in-depth technical articles related to the Xen Project. So, about halfway through my OPW internship, I was informed that my wonderful mentor, Konrad Wilk, and Xen Project Community Manager Lars Kurth thought to allow me to attend
And by “a ride”, we actually mean a ride. Like this:  Like, will Xen run in your car? Well, it appears it will! It all started with ARM Support In fact, Xen Project developers started woking on supporting the ARM architecture (with hardware virtualization capabilities) a couple of
GlogalLogic To Build on Early Contributions And Spearhead New Development CHICAGO — Xen Project Developer Summit — Aug. 18, 2014 – The Xen Project Collaborative Project hosted at The Linux Foundation today announced a new Embedded and Automotive initiative. Successful in running the world’s largest clouds and first to market with ARM
Great Session Lineup Awaits Attendees in New York City! It’s time to make your travel plans to New York City for the September 15 arrival of the Xen Project User Summit! The Lighthouse Executive Conference Center will play host to the only full day user-centric Xen Project event on
Both businesses and consumers rely on public clouds for a range of tasks and activities from collaboration and video streaming to gmail and Netflix. New companies are born with just a dozen employees, a laptop and an Internet connection practically overnight. This is all thanks to cloud computing. It’s
Only last week, the Xen Project team was at OSCON where we launched Mirage OS 2.0 (event report to follow soon, but in the meantime check out the following sessions Nymote and Mirage, Floss Weekly on Mirage OS and Community War Stories) and now our Developer Summit is just