RE: [Qemu-devel] Have any ideas about how to detect whether a programis running inside QEMU?

[ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT]

> My program is a utility for internet payment. It takes an important
role in the 
> payment process to ensure security.  One of the key functions is that
the program 
> should detect which machine is paying. So while virtual machine (like
QEMU) is 
> present, it can cheat the program.  
> Checking the hard disk model, cpu type, and other hardward
informations makes 
> little sense.  Because the users or the hackers can easily modify
these 
> informations. So I need a QEMU internal checking method that hackers
can't easily
> bypass. 
>
>   Thanks
>
>  --James

I would add that your program is violating user privacy...
If an user have to pay it will add the credit card... use it instead...

freddy77