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 at hp.com> 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**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20120125/c1601953/attachment.html>