A vm running a windows guest can get infected, but if it's on a linux host you wont have to worry about your linux os being affected.
I like to set up my guest on a 8gb expandable virtual image. Once I get it the way I like (install apps, tweak for performance) I make sure to copy this hd image to a removable drive. This makes it easy to restore, in case I get some trojan or worst. The hd image itself can be bzip'ed to about half it's size, sometimes even less ;-) Than we can safely surf the pron, woot! --Manny On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Saenz wrote: >> If you go to the website in an appliance running in VMware, won't you be >> sandboxed, >> and won't you be safe from any attack? > > It all depends. > > The guest OS (the "VM") is often bridged to the same network/subnet as > the host machine. If both are running Windows and it's a virus that > spreads itself to those on the same subnet, then it's quite possibly > everything can get hosed with one infected VM. > > But normally, yes -- like you said, it's (in theory) two completely > separate environments and often "safe". > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
