KVM security with ipv4 forwarding/bridging

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Hi All

In my lab setup I have KVM VMs communicating over an IP-less bridge to a bonded network connection. This is using ipv4 forwarding. Is this a secure method of connecting my VMs to the network? NAT connections are no use to me, they must be direct IP connections.

Thanks for any thoughts

–John

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Think before you divert.

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Think before you divert.

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Well gee that was helpful, thanks…

Anyway I’ve discovered the issue was with specifying virtio in my .xml file for the bridge device. Once I took that out I didn’t need forwarding.