On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:10 PM, The Doctor <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been running OpenBSD (32-bit) in VirtualBox since obsd v4.5 for >> high security and disposable desktops. Not a big deal. X with a >> Gnome (v2.x) desktop even works nicely. I routinely restore to the >> last known-good snapshot when I'm done. > > Thanks Doc! That´s good to know!. More below: > >>> I´ve read that for some reason that some in the OpenBSD community >>> are very anti-virtualization and tell people to ´just run OpenBSD >>> on real hardware"... >> >> They are, due to the vulnerability footprint inherent in virtualizing >> a system. There are known vulns (and no doubt zero days still locked >> upp) for virtualization systems that let the attacker break out and >> then go traipsing about with elevated privileges. > > OK, understood. I just thought there were technical reasons for making > OpenBSD run under virtualization difficult or undesirable. (ie all > that talk about OpenBSD randomizing memory etc), or perhaps x86 ring > tricks etc. > > Good to hear that at least technically, it works (as guest). > > Having said that, I also wonder if the BSD kernel architecture is so > different from Solaris to make VBox as host under OpenBSD a "one year > effort" as Alexey put it.... (he knows much more than me, so I guess > this is a rethorical question)... > > Let me rephrase that... "I´m surprised that porting VBox as host from > Solaris to the BSD unixes isn´t almost trivial".
maybe this would be of help http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox/ > > FC > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act > Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un > Acto Revolucionario > - George Orwell > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe: > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe -- %>>> "".join( [ {'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,None) or chr(97+(ord(c)-83)%26) for c in ",adym,*)&uzq^zqf" ] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
