On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:12:45 -0400 hi...@safe-mail.net wrote: > 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.
Using a VM doesn't prevent most side-channel attacks. It only blocks access to a description of your hardware. > Then I heard that attackers can actually break out of VM's if they get root > access on it due to a successful attack. It depends on the VM software you are using. Robert Ransom
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