[olug] free* VMWare player

[Rob Townley]

On 2/1/06, Hurley Rod <RHurley at tmvgas.com> wrote:
> The OS on the the virtual machine has a completely different
> address/path/location.  It is just one big folder of goodies. Viruses
> treat the virtual machines as separate machines.  They have different
> macs, IP's, system files and even have their own dedicated drivers.

However, a key stroke logging program on the host machine is still
going to be able to record keystrokes and screenshots entered into one
of the virtual machines.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Rob Townley
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:31 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: [olug] free* VMWare player
>
> i don't know how many of you knew this, but there is a free* VMWare
> Player along with many premade ready to download virtual machine
> images.  The VMWare can be a host on a Linux or Win platform and have
> Linux and Win guests.  Won't be able to check it out till i get to a
> faster connection.   I still want to support QEMU.org, but this player
> sounds easy enough for Grandma.  i like their idea of a "Browser
> Appliance" virtual machine, but i still do not see it protecting
> against a keystroke logger app running on the host OS.
>
> http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
> http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
> http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/
>
> *not free speech free
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