Re: Xen VPS

Hi Jon - we use Xen but have not had this issue. Seems like the same 
problem would occur with non-virtual dedicated servers. Plus, if we ever 
found anyone playing these games he/she would be terminated immediately.

Jeff



At 02:56 PM 10/20/2009, you wrote:
>Assuming others have looked into (or already are) providing virtual
>private servers to customers using Xen, I'm curious what approaches you've
>taken to prevent customers from doing antisocial networking things?...i.e.
>arping for IPs that aren't theirs, forging source address, stealing
>unused/other VM IPs.
>
>The bridged setup seems to be the most common/default/efficient in use of
>IPs, but it looks like it's going to be a serious PITA to secure.
>
>The more I look at it, the more I'm tempted to try doing a routed setup
>using private IPs and 1:1 NAT in dom0 to give each vm a static public IP.
>
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Best Regards,

Jeff Koch, Intersessions 

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