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: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:23:08 -0500
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] I did not know: vmware fusion supports OS/X
Leopard Server & Snow Leopard as Guests
Just my 1/50th of $1 - I agree completely with both of you.
I think this list is entirely the wrong place to discuss the "how" of
hacking the OS to allow the Mac OS X client to be virtualized, but
applying pressure to Apple to allow it is entirely within the scope of
most of our jobs. I'm testing some patches today - I've got a Mac Pro
sitting here with 4 hard drive partitions so that I can test in
different scenarios... I'd MUCH rather have a VM that I can clone, or
simply snapshots that I can roll back, rather than rebooting the
hardware off a different disk each time.
That said... open discussions of HOW to bypass the EULA should be left
to other forums. If you want to do it badly enough, the information is
easy enough to obtain, although I don't consider it a perfect test
platform regardless, since you are modifying the OS (however slightly)
to make it work.
Taylor
Linton, Matthew C. (ARC-TI) wrote:
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.
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NOAA's National Ocean Service Domain Infrastructure Team
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Silver Spring, MD 20910 http://nos.noaa.gov
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