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1. na85+(OP)[view] [source] 2014-10-08 22:47:52
I take it you've not heard of the phrase "defensive depth".
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2. gerald+s[view] [source] 2014-10-08 22:56:10
>>na85+(OP)
Shouldn't that be "defense in depth"?
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3. anth1y+Q[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-10-08 23:05:03
>>gerald+s
for those unaware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_%28computing%2...
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4. mrotte+e2[view] [source] 2014-10-08 23:31:40
>>na85+(OP)
The difference here is, you might feel safer but you are still in the exact same position as before, a bug in your hypervisor/Meta-OS screws you. I'd argue that is a harmful comfort.
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5. Elhana+Vj[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-10-09 06:35:46
>>mrotte+e2
The idea is that hypervisor is significantly smaller than the OS/kernel, so there will be less bugs. Not that they never happen, Xen had one recently.
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