The document discusses the relative security of containers versus virtual machines. Several experts provide their views:
- Containers are weaker than VMs from a security perspective, according to one source. However, others argue containers can be just as secure as VMs if implemented properly.
- While VMs may be more secure currently, containers are catching up on security, according to a Docker engineer.
- One source argues that no software, including virtualization layers, will be perfectly secure since developers will always write code with security holes.
- For Google, security is the top priority for VMs since they provide stronger isolation than alternative options like containers or bare metal servers.
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