Re: [OS:N:] Security w/emulation

[Jeremy Hogan <jhogan redhat com>]

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 19:54, Anthony Saffer wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I've got a client who wants to switch to Linux (or BSD) pretty soon but is
> concerned about not being able to use some of their data that is tied to
> some specific Windows programs. I suggested using Wine and they liked the
> idea. But then, I got to thinking: if there is a hole in a piece of software
> is that hole still has much of a concern when run on a *nix system under
> emulation? I would think not but what does everyone here think?

Wine runs by creating a virtual C Drive that allows .dll and other files
to be placed where the program expects to find them. But it doesn't
change the file and user permissions, so it wouldn't allow a virus to
find or use what it expected to.

A minor technical point to note is that Wine is not an emulator. Also
give Wine 3 a whirl in your testing, it's a load faster.

--jeremy

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> Anthony
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