Re: virtualization
Matthias-Christian Ott <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.gentoo.hardened |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 08/06/13 13:04, Alex Efros wrote: > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 12:58:12PM +0800, Pavel Labushev wrote: >> I wouldn't call such news good. KERNEXEC, especially on x86_64, plays a >> big role in protecting the kernel from both local and remote attacks. >> KVM doesn't require such arguable compromises (no pun intended). > > True. But KVM unable to run Mac OS X, that's main reason to use VirtualBox. > Less important things: KVM don't support 3D acceleration; don't have > signed drivers for guest Windows (and thus require switching Windows to > "Testing mode" to install drivers); sometimes it need awful tricks like > building custom BIOS from patches sources; I can't give my KVM virtual > machines to friends which use Windows as host OS; etc. I have no Windows license to test this, but as far as I found these drivers should be signed: https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/ - Matthias-Christian