Am 15.03.2017 um 01:17 schrieb Unman:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 08:02:58PM -0400, Chris Laprise wrote:
>> On 03/14/2017 01:55 PM, evo wrote:
>>> hmm.. this is also a good point, thanks!
>>> so if i do not use openoffice in my bankingVM, there is no practical
>>> vulnerability in it.
>>>
>>
>> Yes and no. Off the top of my head, there are two things to be concerned
>> about with the (regular, distro) software you install:
>>
>> 1. Does it cause an additional service to start accepting connections?
>>
>> 2. Does it have a MIMEtype or similar mapping, so that clicking on a
>> mislabeled file could cause it to open in an unwanted/risky app.
>> Unfortunately, nautilus doesn't seem to have a setting for always asking
>> before starting an app. But at least it defaults to double-click instead of
>> single-click.
>>
> 
> 3. Installing some programs, like libre/openoffice, brings with it numerous
> libraries and attendant programs which may widen the attack surface of
> your qube considerably.
> 

so its better to have such VMs as banking or email in standalone-mode.
The thing is... as i understood, stanalone-machines (if they are not
HVM) have all software from the template they use. So the only way is,
to install new iso on HVM, isn't it?

in that case, i don't really understand the sense of standalone AppVMs.

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