loukingjr wrote:
running Linux in a VM should be as safe as running it natively. more so actually.
the safest option is to not use online banking at all. in this day and age any organization can be hacked, including banks.
If what you say is true, the absolute safest (Internet) option would be to run Linux in VBox, running in Linux in native mode.
However, I think it would be interesting to see a detailed justification for your assertion.
loukingjr wrote:
running Linux in a VM should be as safe as running it natively. more so actually.
the safest option is to not use online banking at all. in this day and age any organization can be hacked, including banks.
If what you say is true, the absolute safest (Internet) option would be to run Linux in VBox, running in Linux in native mode.
However, I think it would be interesting to see a detailed justification for your assertion.
I think you should be able to glean that from mpack's and my previous posts.
OSX, Linux and Windows Hosts & Guests
There are three groups of people. Those that can count and those that can't.
You're right, but sometimes it can be useful to summarise the reasons, to make it easier for people who do not wish to read the whole thread. Here is my attempt to do so:
1. Linux is more secure than Windows.
2. A VM is more secure in any OS, for keyloggers have difficulty making sense of keystrokes in a VM.
3. Therefore, the most secure system is a Linux VM running under Linux.
Locked wrote:loukingjr:
You're right, but sometimes it can be useful to summarise the reasons, to make it easier for people who do not wish to read the whole thread.
so in your mind, because you don't want to bother to read the thread, it's better if someone else does the work for you. got it.
OSX, Linux and Windows Hosts & Guests
There are three groups of people. Those that can count and those that can't.
One other advantage of a VM, of course, is that it can be cloned before having much Internet access, using the clone each time the VM is run. The point is, as I see it, that even if malware is somehow downloaded, it will be discarded.
This point is not relevant to the original question about keylogging, but I include it because it relates the issue of security.
And to carry this one step further. If you create a new guest and make it immutable it will stay safe. Nothing will get saved including updates. Just remember to always shut the guest down ( not saved state ).
Perryg wrote:And to carry this one step further. If you create a new guest and make it immutable it will stay safe. Nothing will get saved including updates. Just remember to always shut the guest down ( not saved state ).