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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2023-02-15 18:37:27 +0000 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2023-02-15 18:37:27 +0000 |
commit | 0dd47dc5470629ae3ad8830a0b44aea82a6dd8ae (patch) | |
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parent | 6a50f64ca01d0a7b97f14f069762bfd88160f31e (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'misc-next-pull-request' of https://gitlab.com/berrange/qemu into staging
* Document 'password-secret' option for -iscsi
* Deprecate iSCSI 'password' in favour of 'password-secret'
* Remove deprecated 'password' option for SPICE
* Fix handling of cached read buffers with TLS
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* tag 'misc-next-pull-request' of https://gitlab.com/berrange/qemu:
ui: remove deprecated 'password' option for SPICE
block: deprecate iSCSI 'password' in favour of 'password-secret'
block: mention 'password-secret' option for -iscsi
io/channel-tls: fix handling of bigger read buffers
crypto: TLS: introduce `check_pending`
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/about/removed-features.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index cb1ec72..2827b0c 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ and will cause a warning. The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on`` rather than ``delay=off``. -``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -This option is insecure because the SPICE password remains visible in -the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret`` -option which lets the password be securely provided on the command -line using a ``secret`` object instance. - ``-smp`` ("parameter=0" SMP configurations) (since 6.2) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -301,6 +293,14 @@ The above, converted to the current supported format:: json:{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"} +``iscsi,password=xxx`` (since 8.0) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the +``password`` option is insecure. The ``password-secret`` option should be +used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides +a password via a file, or encrypted. + Backwards compatibility ----------------------- diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 4a84e61..e901637 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead. Use ``-drive if=pflash`` to configure the OTP device of the sifive_u RISC-V machine instead. +``-spice password=string`` (removed in 8.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +This option was insecure because the SPICE password remained visible in +the process listing. This was replaced by the new ``password-secret`` +option which lets the password be securely provided on the command +line using a ``secret`` object instance. QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ |