Hi Jason,

On Jan 14, 6:51 pm, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd like to set up a sage notebook for my class to use.  At the AMS
> meetings, William mentioned that the easiest way to do this was to use
> the vmware appliance to run the notebook (even if I plan to run the
> appliance under linux).  I presume the reasons have to do with security.
>   I have the vmware appliance running now, so the initial setup is all
> good.  However, the address is a 192.168.x.x address, which I presume is
> not visible outside of my network.  Is there a way to get the sage
> vmware appliance visible to the world so students could use it from
> anywhere?  When I installed vmware, I just used the defaults everywhere.
>   Should I have chosen something different when answering questions
> about the networking?

You need to set up bridged networking instead of NAT.

> Are there any security issues I should be aware of?  I don't care if the
> vmware image gets messed up---I assume I can just reset it.  I can back
> up my notebook worksheets so I don't lose work.  I assume that people
> escaping the vmware appliance and getting into my computer is a
> non-issue; is that correct?

It is theoretically possible, but the skill set needed to do that
would make you want to turn off your computer and hide it somewhere in
a shielded room, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

> In return for answers, I'll write an entry in the FAQ or a new page in
> the wiki :).

Nice. John Voight is running a bunch of VMWare images on top of
Windows with DSage, so he might have some input on the setup if it
goes beyond enabling bridged networking.

> Thanks,
>
> Jason


Cheers,

Michael
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