[Nottingham] Virtualisation security

[Martin]

On 2 November 2011 14:37, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> On 1 November 2011 22:36, Sergiusz Pawlowicz <sergiusz at pawlowicz.name> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 22:31, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Can anyone comment on the state of play/gotchas for the security for
>>> running multiple virtual servers?
>>>
>>> Any concerns for the security/vulnerability of the hypervisor?...
>>>
>>>
>>> (Anyone like to give a talk on virtualisation? ;-) )
>>
>> virtualisation has several layers :-) ...

Interestingly, a large "cloud" services provider now offers a service
whereby for a price premium you can have your own part of the cloud
guaranteed to be used on servers exclusively used only by your
cloud... The excuse for offering/wanting that is that of greater
security.

Marketing hogwash or a real concern?

Cheers,
Martin