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Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources.

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How to ensure that VirtualBox guests can't break out of the vm to get access to the host mac...

Here's some basic steps that I follow when I'm testing in a virtual environment. Step one: use an operating system that differs from the one being virtualized. If you're running Linux virtual machin …
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How secure are virtual machines really? False sense of security?

The real beauty in virtualization is the ability to roll back VMs to a state where they were not effected, as well as the ability to better manage available resources. … If the proper steps are taken to protect the host machine, virtualization can be extremely secure. …
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