WINE on Cygwin
Dave Korn
dave.korn@artimi.com
Thu Nov 3 18:07:00 GMT 2005
Brian Dessent wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> Well, how about sandboxing? It's the ideal way to test out a virus or
>> other suspect warez: run it on a virtual machine where it can't escape
>> into your real one.
>
> But WINE isn't a virtual machine, and it doesn't offer that kind of
> protection. You would need Xen / VMWare / etc for that.
Oh, I stand corrected. You mean it doesn't even do
virtual-drive-in-a-file-on-the-real-HD then? That's a shame.
cheers,
DaveK
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