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		kosolam on Oct 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kata Containers: The speed of containers, the secu... What is the isolation mechanism in kata containers that make them on par with VMs?

vladvasiliu on Oct 4, 2023 [–]

A hypervisor, such as KVM. See https://katacontainers.io/learn/

kosolam on Oct 5, 2023 | [–]

Frankly it’s a bit confusing. Some wrapper around qemu and firecracker. This is what I gathered from this link after 5 minutes of skimming.

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