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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Wed 15 Jun 2005 - 02:38:24 BST


On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:05:37AM +0100, Matthew Walster wrote:
> This sounds like a really bad idea - theoretically it's possible to assign
> eth0 and eth1 to a virtual server, but you're asking for trouble.

hmm, it is?

> It would be far better to do it in real kernel space as the
> security risks are minimal if existant.

like? I mean how to do that?

> If you WERE to go ahead with it, you may have to resort to using eth0:0 and
> eth0:1, as I'm not sure how to assign eth1 in a user-mode process, (I'm only
> really familiar with tun/tap, literally only just installing vserver at this
> time after playing with uml) and I'm sure someone else will fill you in on
> that.

hum, maybe you are too deep into UML here ;)

> Just reconsider - why are you compartmentalising this service? Is it due to
> security or just because you don't want the main server having _any_ services
> above kernel-mode?

hmm, kernel-mode services ....

well, was fun reading, so thanks,
Herbert

> Matthew Walster
>
> On Tuesday 14 June 2005 22:22, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 08:34:18PM +0200, Moritz Rudert wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > I want to run a debian-router in my VServer. So I need to use a real
> > > Interface (eth1). My question: Is it posible to do this?
> >
> > yes
> >
> > best,
> > Herbert
> >
> > > Greetings
> > > Moritz Rudert
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