XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On 3/31/2023 1:04 PM, Jim S wrote:   
      
   >   
   > I didn't know it was so easy.   
   >   
      
   It's no good if it leaks.   
      
   Very few people know how to properly write TAP and TUN software.   
   The companies that make virtual machine hosting, they know how   
   to do it. That's why their network stacks are always so complicated.   
      
   If the software was written properly, "services" are segregated   
   to the system side and they run with the SYSTEM account. User space   
   applications run as a user, and the networking "appears ordinary"   
   to the applications that the user may use. You don't want stuff   
   running from a shell to be elevated, in case it aids some exploit   
   to get into the machine.   
      
   Sure, getting stuff to run on a computer is easy.   
      
   Figuring out the implications, is hard. Am I safe ?   
   Did I do a bad thing to my security ? These are questions   
   you have to constantly ask when using a computer.   
      
       Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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