On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Rich Morin wrote:
> I'm writing a wiki which allows arbitrary code to be run in the
> page generation process.  In order to keep this from endangering
> the server, my plan is to run the code within a jail within a VM.
>
> The jail would provide lightweight file system protections; the
> VM would provide robust file system protections, as well as some
> protections against the code initiating unwanted IP connections.
>
> So, when the main wiki app receives a request for a page, it
> makes a request to the page generation app.  The generation app
> should have extremely limited networking access (eg, a single
> port on the host machine, served by a very paranoid program).
>
> Can VirtualBox provide this kind of control?  If so, where might
> I find information on how to set up such a configuration?

Try NAT port forwarding (keep in mind, this feature is currently
(version 2.1.0) broken on Windows hosts).

Kind regards,

Frank
-- 
Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert    Sun Microsystems    http://www.sun.com/

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