Re: virtual machines

[Ozzie Paez <ozpaez () SPRYNET COM>]

I would be curious to know if anyone has actually encountered problems with
this issue,

Ozzie Paez

SSE/SAIC

303-332-5363



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Subject: [SECURITY] virtual machines



I am not sure if anybody has mentioned this on this list before or not.



I was wondering if anybody is doing anything to control/restrict virtual
machines running on users computers?  This could be a potentially very
dangerous situation with users running rogue virtual machines on their
office computers.  They could essentially install anything they want in a
virtual machines or bring infected virtual machines from offsite onto our
faculty/staff/admin networks.  They could get around any restrictions we
place on our physical desktop/laptop computers.  With the ability of NAT'ing
these virtual machines through the host machine's network connection, it
would be very difficult to track them down if there is a problem.



Thoughts?



Craig Drake

Senior Systems Administrator

Network and Distributed Services

Northeastern Illinois University

Phone: (773)442-4386

Email: c-drake () neiu edu

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