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[Blake Yeager <blake.yeager@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just FYI for the mailing list we found the bug and the resolution here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/853330

Cheers,
-Blake

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Day, Phil <philip.day@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks,****
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> 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.  ****
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> Does that ring any bells with anyone, and if so can you expand on the
> potential issue please ?****
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> 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.****
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> Thanks****
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> Phil****
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