Re: [Fed-Talk] I did not know: vmware fusion supports OS/X Leopard Server & Snow Leopard as Guests
Re: [Fed-Talk] I did not know: vmware fusion supports OS/X Leopard Server & Snow Leopard as Guests
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] I did not know: vmware fusion supports OS/X Leopard Server & Snow Leopard as Guests
- From: "Linton, Matthew C. (ARC-TI)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:53:15 -0600
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] I did not know: vmware fusion supports OS/X Leopard Server & Snow Leopard as Guests
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] I did not know: vmware fusion supports OS/X Leopard Server & Snow Leopard as Guests
Peter: I’m going to do the exact opposite of flame you, and nod in agreement. Not only is it inconsistent with our roles as federal employees, it’s counterproductive for the industry as a whole.
Since having the ability to virtualize MacOSX clients in VMWare would be of enormous benefit to me in the computer security area and is currently not permitted, I think it’s far more productive overall for those of us who WANT that functionality to make it a point to mention it consistently and loudly.
Hey Apple... Why can’t we legally virtualize OSX Clients to do security research and build testing? You don’t think our adversaries in the black hat world are actually obeying the EULA do you?
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Matt Linton, GCIH
Lead Computer Security Official
NASA Ames Research Center
650-380-4281 (mobile)
On 2/19/10 08:02 , "Peter Link" <email@hidden> wrote:
I would like to remind people that this email list is for federal agencies who use Apple products and suggesting that we violate Apple's EULA is not consistent with our roles as federal employees. Don't flame me on this.
>From old Arstechnica page, http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2007/11/apples-leopard-server-eula-moves-closer-to-microsofts-virtual-abilities.ars
----The specific phrase in the EULA is this: "You may also install and use other copies of Mac OS X Server Software on the same Apple-labeled computer, provided that you acquire an individual and valid license from Apple for each of these other copies of Mac OS X Server Software." Unfortunately for VM fans, the desktop version of Leopard does not have this wording added.
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