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[Vishvananda Ishaya <vishvananda@xxxxxxxxx>]

There was a security issue and it was fixed.  Details here
 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/853330
 
Vish

On Jan 25, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Day, Phil wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>  
> I have a half remembered conversation from the Boston summit where someone said that there was a security issue in using qcow2 as a format for creating snapshot images. 
>  
> Does that ring any bells with anyone, and if so can you expand on the potential issue please ?
>  
> I think it was something to do with why base images have to be expanded after download, but I might be wrong on that.   I’m particularly interested in using qcow2 as an upload format for snapshots.
>  
> Thanks
> Phil
>  
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