Bypassing VM detection
Some software checks whether it is running in a virtual machine and changes what it does when it is - malware goes quiet, anti-cheat refuses to start. This is the week I spent making a KVM guest answer no, down to one …
Kvm
VM Detection Hardening
The full writeup: getting a KVM guest from 10/85 to 1/85 on VMAware - the packaged short path, domain XML, QEMU and KVM patches grouped by the detection each one clears, the host headroom that costs 85x on every timing …
Single-GPU Passthrough on Linux
The full writeup: VFIO single-GPU passthrough end to end - kernel setup, libvirt hooks, domain XML, performance tuning, anti-cheat tiers, TPM, and getting your desktop back.
KVM Tuning
Performance tuning and anti-detection techniques for KVM virtual machines: CPU pinning, AMD SMT topology, hypervisor spoofing, and CPUID faulting.
Proxmox VE
Reference for Proxmox VE covering architecture, installation, networking, CLI management of VMs and containers, backup/restore, and monitoring.
Virsh Command Line Interface
Command-line management of KVM/QEMU virtual machines through libvirt: VM lifecycle, snapshots, networking, image creation, and shell automation.