In message <aanlkti=fhh7pknmc1vhztcgvyuofpe1fsft1j5r7r...@mail.gmail.com>, Petr
 Benes writes:
>Hmm. VBox obviously needs to be installed in the global zone before.
>Is running it in a local zone significantly safer? Yep for separating
>different possible users, but it won't make running guests safer per
>se. What is the supposed security merit there?T

Finer grain delegation of VBox management to the Zone's
administrator.

Limit the damage if the Zone's VBox application is somehow
subverted by the guest OS.


Beyond security, running VBox in a Zone allows you to make
use of Zone Resource Controls and Crossbow networking.
Cool stuff!

John
groenv...@acm.org
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