[tor-talk] Security of running Tor on a Linux VM on a Windows host

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Well as long as u update it , never forget the venom vuln :)

Michael McConville <mmcconv1 at sccs.swarthmore.edu> skrev: (12 november 2015 18:00:36 CET)
>Anthony Papillion wrote:
>> A friend is hell bent on running Tor on a Linux VM hosted on Windows
>> 8. this doesn't seem like the best idea to me but I thought I'd ask
>> the experts.  What are the security implications of doing so? Are
>> there any mitigations that can make things more secure? Any
>'gotchas'?
>> For what it's worth,  the have chosen to use VirtualBox over VMware. 
>
>Not necessarily a bad idea, but could be a waste of system resources on
>a laptop.
>
>And, as has already been mentioned, they might as well run Whonix or
>Tails if they're using a VM.
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