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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 4/9] crypto: introduce new module for TLS ano


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 4/9] crypto: introduce new module for TLS anonymous credentials
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:22:43 -0600
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On 08/26/2015 09:05 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> Introduce a QCryptoTLSCredsAnon class which is used to
> manage anonymous TLS credentials. Use of this class is
> generally discouraged since it does not offer strong
> security, but it is required for backwards compatibility
> with the current VNC server implementation.
> 
> Simple example CLI configuration:
> 
>  $QEMU -object tls-creds-anon,id=tls0,endpoint=server
> 
> Example using pre-created diffie-hellman parameters
> 
>  $QEMU -object tls-creds-anon,id=tls0,endpoint=server,\
>                dir=/path/to/creds/dir
> 
> The 'id' value in the -object args will be used to associate the
> credentials with the network services. For example, when the VNC
> server is later converted it would use
> 
>  $QEMU -object tls-creds-anon,id=tls0,.... \
>        -vnc 127.0.0.1:1,tls-creds=tls0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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