On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > The security benefits are at the application level, *NOT* at the OS level.

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> What hogwash.

>

> The security benefits are at the "ability to buy a steak for dinner"

> level.

>

Nah, I like steak, I hate enterprise computing.

> You've already made the decision to decrease security by

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> de-compartmentalizing onto one physical box, so you are just thrilled

> with the ability to decrease security more by de-compartmentalizing

> the software further.

>

Quite the opposite!! A VM provides a safe, sane, decently

compartmentalized way to run a specific application domain. It's obvious

we have different viewpoints, but both are equally valid - your's from the

OS, mine from the application.

	Lee
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