Couldn't one simply use Tails in a VM the way JanusVM was designed to run and 
get the benefits of tails without having to reboot constantly from a general 
purpose use OS to a task-specific OS (Tails)?  It would be nice to run Tails in 
a VM and have your main OS up and running for virtually everything else you 
need your computer for.

On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 08:19:58 AM [email protected] wrote:
> Something come up to my mind... Vulnerabilitys could be,
> - the user forgets to start the VPN, or
> - the VPN connection breaks down for some reason (Windows bug or crash), 
> traffic continues without Tor
> 
> I like the basic idea of JanusVM. I can say nothing about the concept of the 
> deployed virtual machine but those vulnerabilitys I posted here could be 
> fixed using a software firewall in whitelisting mode. Everything incoming and 
> outgoing blocked expect the VPN connection.
> 
> Furthermore the VPN connection and the firewall should be forced enabled by 
> an administrator and all applications should run as user. Not sure if that's 
> best possible. Probable the Tor transparent proxy approach [1] is even better.
> 
> What I liked about JanusVM is that it's very easy to install and use.
> 
> [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TransparentProxy
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