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From: Kwon <kwon@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-hardened] Re: Mini Gentoo in VMWare
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:16:01
Message-Id: eiivng$qjo$1@sea.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Re: Mini Gentoo in VMWare by John Schember
1 > Considering that VMware server uses kernel modules for operation on the
2 > host system. Also that it likes to run as root (I haven't checked to see
3 > if it can run as an unprivileged user) and that it wants to use
4 > xinetd... I would say that you should at least be careful with it.
5
6 Yes! Indeed! My conclusion is that white box hardware costs are so cheap these days (CAD$300 to CAD$500 a box). I would rather have different physical systems in a DMZ rather than a software solution using VMWare.
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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Re: Mini Gentoo in VMWare Jesco Freund <jesco.freund@×××××××××××.com>