At 06:41 AM 2/5/2006, Stephen Bird wrote: > >>http://blog.lorenzoferrara.net/pivot/entry.php?id=73 >>also: >>http://forums.delphiforums.com/MacEmulation/messages/?msg=6456.1 >> <snip> > >Thanks for the resources, Bill... >Are you using VMware Player (VMP) and, if so, how do you like it? >Have you used Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) and, if so, how would you rate >it against VMP? Have you successfully opened/used VPC OSs with VMP? :-)
Actually, I haven't used any of them yet; still gathering information. Looking forward to running all online applications from virtual machines, to prevent rootkits from ever taking root ( every VM reload would instantly eradicate any and all installed malware, assuming the VM image was clean ). Then, the main OS could be locked offline -- and even if it contained an unknown rootkit (etc.), it could not phone home, open back doors, or be remotely controlled. That should be the ultimate security measure -- and it should become "the standard" security measure, if it works as well as I anticipate. Bill ...various references: Parallels Announces the General Availability of Workstation 2.0 for $49 per License; Includes Full Support for Intel Virtualization Technology http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/ http://www.parallels.com/ virtualization.info interviews Parallels >> <http://www.virtualization.info/2006/01/virtualizationinfo-interviews.html> "VMware is emulating an entire chipset in software. It's slow. We run on the bare metal," said Simon Crosby, CTO of open-source virtualization vendor XenSource. >> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/020306-vmware.html http://www.xensource.com/ <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010906-virtualization.html> <http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/120505gearhead.html> <http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/121905gearhead.html> <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/010906-virtualization.html> Slahhdot thread: VMWare Inc. Releases Free Virtual Machine Runtime <http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/20/2227225&tid=126> OS Emulation Forum -- Emulators and Virtual Machines >> http://forums.delphiforums.com/MacEmulation/start Operating System virtual machines >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine Comparison of virtual machines >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines Operating System emulators >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator VMware Workstation >> http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ VMware Player >> http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ VMware-user Forum >> http://vmware.itst.org/ VMware-Bag-of-Tricks >> http://www.sanbarrow.com/ VMware Tools >> http://petruska.stardock.net/software/VMware/ VM Back >> http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/ --- -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
