From: carlopmart <carlopmart () gmail ! com> Date: 2010-11-23 12:38:04
> > Hi all, > > First of all, I don't want to start a flame. I will to know your > opinion about using virtual firewalls in virtual infraestructures > like vmware, kvm ,xen, etc ... like OpenBSD. > > Advantages are very clear for me: provisioning, administration > tasks, etc ... But I will to know disadvantages. What is your opinion > from the point of view of security? I have used VMs in production in quite a few ways. I've run OpenBSD as a guest on VMWare Server and ESXi. But one application that I would never, ever run on any VM host is a firewall. Really. It cannot possibly be worth it. -- Edward Ahlsen-Girard Ft Walton Beach, FL
