Re: [id-cloud] Gap Analysis Note: Use Case 1: Application and Virtualization Security in the Cloud

[Anil Saldhana <Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com>]

During the last meeting, I had asked the question about whether VMs had 
unique identifiers.  I was able to get some information on this from the 
Red Hat Virtualization folks.

They have listed the various identifiers for VMs here: 
https://github.com/matahari/matahari/wiki/UUIDs

From what I see, there is no real standard for VM IDs.  All of them use 
UUIDs which is fine. But I am unsure if there is any standard in 
virtualization that specifies how and what constitutes the VM identifiers.

On 10/17/2011 12:49 PM, Anil Saldhana wrote:
> Hi All,
>   here is a note that is useful during the gap analysis discussion for 
> use case 1.
>
> The attached diagram is a pictorial representation of the use case.
>
> The applications may use federated identity or a local identity that 
> is proofed against a local cloud security service.
>
> The virtual machines (VMs) represented as guest operating system 
> running on a server (with a host operating system) can have a VMID.
>
> There can be multiple adminstrators:  Server,  Host OS, VM and 
> Application.
>
>
> Specifications that may be applicable are:
> 1) Federated Identity Standards:  SAML, WS-Trust, OpenID, oAuth.
> 2) Virtual Machine Standards.
> 3) Directory Standards.
> * Cloud Directory services that may be used by the cloud provider.
> 4) VPN Standards.
> * For secure connections into enterprise LAN for enterprise directory 
> access.
>
> Regards,
> Anil