netdev - Re: [RFD] L2 Network namespace infrastructure

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Date:	23 Jun 2007 23:22:38 +0200
From:	Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@...rsen.dk>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: [RFD] L2 Network namespace infrastructure

>>>>> "DM" == David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:

DM> To be honest I think this form of virtualization is a complete
DM> waste of time, even the openvz approach.

You are only considering the security values of OpenVZ. Where I work,
OpenVZ and Linux-vserver are used for their ability to cleanly
separate processes. Security-wise, we could get the same effect just
by running the processes as separate users, but management-wise it is
so much easier to give them a completely separate environment.
OpenVZ's network virtualization enables us to do things which are
completely impossible with both the vanilla kernel and Xen -- e.g.
hundreds of virtual routers, with their own routing daemons.

Policy routing just doesn't cut it; it's cumbersome to set up, limited
to 256 tables, and routing daemons generally can't handle it well, if
at all.

/Benny

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