How Xen Manages Security Disclosure | Linux Today

How Xen Manages Security Disclosure

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Sean Michael Kerner
Oct 9, 2015

The open-source Xen hypervisor has the unique distinction of being the primary virtualization technology that powers most of the world’s public cloud computing capacity. That position gives the Xen project the unique opportunity to influence security in a powerful and positive way.

In a video interview with eWEEK, Lars Kurth, Xen Project Advisory Board chairman, detailed the history and the current process of how Xen handles security disclosures in a way that protects users, vendors and the Internet at large.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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