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  1. Re:VPC Vunerabilities Aren't New on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 1

    This vulnerability is on the host OS, and in fact you don't even need to boot the guest OS :)

  2. Re:VPC Vunerabilities Aren't New on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, VPC actually needs to run as root so it can alter firewall rules for networking in the Guest OS.

    Although its a file permission issue and most users run vpc on standalone systems. It does allow priv escalation to root. I think the biggest danger would be in a lab environment where VPC has been installed...

  3. Re:Whoever picked that title is a horse's ass. on Microsoft Brings Security Holes to the Mac · · Score: 1

    I actually found this vulnerability before the app was bought by Microsoft (or before I knew it had been acquired by them) :)

  4. Re:Major commercial support for (Free)(Open)(Net)B on FreeBSD 4.6 Release Delayed · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe the Nokia/Checkpoint platform is BSD based...