[tor-talk] janusvm still safe?

Gozu-san gozu at xerobank.net
Thu Dec 22 00:03:49 UTC 2011


I also routinely run TAILS as a VM.  In VirtualBox, after creating the
VM, one can delete the hard disk and boot from the ISO file.  It's not
an issue for me because the host (1) is under my control and (2) uses
encrypted LVM.  I wouldn't otherwise run TAILS as a VM.

On 21/12/11 22:49, Andrew Lewman wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:14:17 -0500
> "Chris" <tmail299 at errtech.com> wrote:
> 
>> Tails won't or should not be run in a VM. It actively detects VMs and
>> warns the user.
> 
> I run tails in a VM all the time. It's perfectly safe. The warning is
> that if the host OS is compromised, so is Tails.
> 



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