SECURE MIGRATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINES

摘要

Technologies are generally described for the secure live migration of virtual machines. The migration may take place in the context of, for example, public clouds. In various embodiments, by using a hidden process incorporated in a virtual machine's kernel and a trusted wireless and/or wired positioning service, a cloud provider and/or cloud user may be alerted about possible virtual machine hijacking/theft. The provider or user may also be provided with an approximate physical location of the platform running the compromised virtual machine for further investigation and enforcement measures.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, a request to migrate a virtual machine from a source host to a target host; determining, via a hidden process, whether a geographic location of the target host is within a predetermined perimeter; and in response to a determination that the target host is within a predetermined perimeter, allowing, via the hidden process, the migration of the virtual machine to from the source host to the target host; and in response to a determination that the target host is outside of the predetermined perimeter, denying, via the hidden process, the migration of the virtual machine from the source host to the target host.