Hikki, >From a defense in depth point of view it can help to use a VM. It is not impossible for an adversary to break out of a VM, but if you are using a good VM it will at least require a pretty sophisticated attacker. I would say that using a VM would increase the security of your hidden service.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:12 PM, <hi...@safe-mail.net> wrote: > The title says it all: > > Several people recommend running a hidden service from within a VM, > to prevent attackers from doing side channel attacks and reading off your > hardware components and serial numbers. > > Then I heard that attackers can actually break out of VM's if they get root > access on it due to a successful attack. > > I just want your opinions on that one, thanks! > *********************************************************************** > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with > unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/ > -- Sincerely Yours, ---Thomas S. Benjamin *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
