[gentoo-user] Virtualization, security and Bare Metal

[gentoo-user] Virtualization, security and Bare Metal

[James]

Hello,

Some threads ago, I post on a tangent concerning some new ARM features on a
thread about system (ricer motivated) minimiztion. Funning thing was the 
ricer never thought to read up on -O3 and the pitfalls therein. Oh well,
I guess I thought I read somewhere that the "ricers" had left Gentoo?
(Alan must be desperately recruiting talent --  in diapers....).


For those interested in Virtualization, on bare metal (below the OS) here,
at the very bottom of the document is an interesting read on  Embedded
Virtualization and the inherent security risks: [1]. I'm not saying use of a
VM is not viable or able to be secure, just pointing out where some folks,
with deep pockets (at the foundrys),  are preparing to put nefarious
firmware for monitoring below the OS level. It's actually in a lot of
processors right now.

Anyone got a pointer of Gentoo on an FPGA?

caveat emptor!

hth,
James


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor