On 14:04 Sun 30 Mar , Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:20:26AM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > Can we use a virtual qemu linux machine as a firewall for > > a real home network? > > Well, on normal i386 hardware (unlike e.g. Zseries with LPARs), > virtualization doesn't gain you any security really. Think of it this > way: the only way an attacker can break the firewall if its running > natively on the one box, is a bug in the kernel. With virtualizaiton, > you're relying on both no bugs in the kernel and no bugs in the quemu.
A very good point. Thank you. > > This comes up a lot on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Their analysis shoes that it > decreases security to use software virtualization. > > Those old 486s didn't themselves take much power. If the problem is > noise, you could replace the drives with industrial CF cards for the > firewall. Also a great idea. I see cf-hard drive adapters and drives are very cheap. Thank you very much, Mitchell > > doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
