[Qemu-devel] Re: suitability for extension encapsulation in firewall

2007-07-06 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Paul Brook wrote: If you use tap networking (recommended for this situation) it's just like any other network interface. what I was looking for was the ability to place the qemu tap interface on the same subnet as the DMZ network and outside of the firewall rules so that it behaves exactly

[Qemu-devel] suitability for extension encapsulation in firewall

2007-07-06 Thread Eric S. Johansson
I'm looking for a way to encapsulate applications on a firewall (IPCop). My line of reasoning is an encapsulated extension environment would help protect the integrity of the firewall and give users greater latitude in creating extension applications. What I would like to do is install qemu as

[Qemu-devel] lomount : Re: file system sharing

2005-07-31 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Mark Williamson wrote: If you're using a file-based disk and it's partitioned you'll need to use lomount http://www.dad-answers.com/qemu/utilities/QEMU-HD-Mounter/lomount/ to mount the right partition in the host. this works great for some of the partitions but not the last one. For some rea

[Qemu-devel] Re: file system sharing

2005-07-31 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Mark Williamson wrote: If only one machine (host or guest) has mounted the device then it should always be safe to do this. You may get away with read only mounting in one and writing in the other but it's not a reliable solution. Never allow more than one writer to the filesystem - this does

[Qemu-devel] file system sharing

2005-07-30 Thread Eric S. Johansson
can I write a file based file system and read it from the host? I can guarantee I have stopped writing before I read on the host side. I can even unmount before reading. ideally, I would like to "import" my flash memory device into the guest OS side (USB based) but if I can create a "virtual

[Qemu-devel] Re: notes on tun networking

2005-07-27 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Mulyadi Santosa wrote: Dear Eric I have been stymied by the networking of qemu and I really want to try and solve my problems and hopefully document them so the solution is useful to others. i read it at a glance and I think it is well written. Very useful for newbie and also helpful a

[Qemu-devel] notes on tun networking

2005-07-26 Thread Eric S. Johansson
I have been stymied by the networking of qemu and I really want to try and solve my problems and hopefully document them so the solution is useful to others. Almost all the documentation I've seen so far makes the assumption that the end-user is network engineer level knowledgeable. While this i