[libvirt] [RFC]: Secure migration

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:52:41PM -0500, Itamar Heim wrote:
> > From: libvir-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:libvir-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Daniel P. Berrange
> ...
> > > c) libvirtd is using SASL gssapi on the dst machine.  When the src
> > machine tries
> > > to connect to the dst, it needs to have the right configuration (i.e.
> > > /etc/krb5.conf and /etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf need to work), and it also
> > has to get
> > > some kind of principal from the kerberos server (but which
> > principal?).
> > 
> > Each server has a kerberos principal, so I'd expect they can directly
> > auth to each other, assuming suitable ACL configs.
> [IH] you are assuming anyone using Libvirt will be using Kerberos?

No, libvirt supports any SASL auth method - I was just refering to
Chris' question about gssapi credentials

Daniel
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