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A comment on Katakate: Dozens of VMs per node for safe code exec: K8s+Kata+Firecracker. Parent comment

Re:Katakate: Dozens of VMs per node for safe code exec: K8s+... by ATechGuy on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @02:34PM (#45659728)
Side-channel attacks apply to multi-tenant cloud environments, not local.
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Re:Katakate: Dozens of VMs per node for safe code exec: K8s+... by elric on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:03PM (#45660139)
That seems like a naive take. If any of your local VMs are internet connected and are compromised, side channel attacks could be used to exfiltrate data from other VMs or the host.
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Re:Katakate: Dozens of VMs per node for safe code exec: K8s+... by ATechGuy on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:32PM (#45660552)
Then why only apply to VMs, why not apps?
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