Windows XP security in VMware -

[Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 13/08/13 12:06, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 13.08.2013 18:00, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni:
>> If I run WindowsXP in a VM am I looking at Windows security risks? I have whatever protection Fedora 19 delivers
>> out of the box and my DD-WRT router. I am still uneasy booting Windows ... There are no Windows boxes on my LAN,
>> only Apple stuff in addition to mine
>>
>> Comments?
> yes: stop to think a virtual machine is anything different
> than a physical install, if you have a unpatched security
> hole in your virtual windows it get's the same way infected
> by doing the same as any other windows
>
> and with a virtual machine running Windows *you have* a windows
> in your LAN and most likely it has more ports to your host
> open as you would have on the LAN, at least older versions
> of VMware Workstation where treatet as coming from localhost
> by iptables, in never versions the connections are coming
> from the virtual NAT address and can be filtered seperatly
>

Ok, so then my fear of WindowsXP security problems is justified. Not to 
run it unless needed!

Thanks

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