Re: [Libguestfs] [libvirt] get virtual machine`s ip address

Do you have any hints or ideas about my situation ? Assuming that I'm running these programs in a safe environment and I don't concern about security problems.

Tho Huynh. On 11-05-2012, at 00:51, "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 08:24:31AM -0700, THO HUYNH wrote: >> I`m writing 2 simple socket programs: Client program runs on guest, >> server program runs on host machine. >> >> The server need the dom xml name of the guest which is running the >> client program and the only information the server program has is >> the guest`s ip address. [...]  Is there another way to get the dom >> xml name of a guest from an ip address (if the ip address belongs to >> that guest). > > CC'd to libvir-list, since this is really a libvirt question. > > The trouble with the architecture you've described is that it relies > on the IP source address for authentication, one of those things you > should never do if you care about security: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing > > Maybe because it's TCP, and it's a closed system with a firewall, you > can get away with it. > > Rich. > > -- > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines.  Boot with a > live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. > http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list