IPCop in UML Linux under Windows
Posted Feb 25, 2005 16:33 UTC (Fri) by
forthy (guest, #1525)
Parent article:
How to Kill Linux (PC Magazine)
The last c't (4/2005) had a nice project: IPCop running in UML Linux
within Windows as firewall and small server (complete Debian-based CD with
the magazine). Unlike the "secret project" Dvorak is rambling about, this
is for real. And it's actually something useful for Windows home users:
They don't need a separate firewall, and they can trust this firewall more
than a "personal firewall" within Windows. It gets PPPoE packets from the
DSL side, and returns scanned packets to Windows.
This sort of "several OSes in one box" is inevitable. Intel and AMD are
about to integrate virtualization support in their CPUs. IBM already did,
and with the Cell, even Sony's Playstation will have that feature. With
all the legacy and the untrustworthy platforms (especially Windows), this
has a market. Once you have a VM monitor (like Xen), you can start and
stop (and freeze) different OSes on your PC as if they were user-level
applications.
This won't kill Linux. It won't kill Windows, either (if you don't have to
do a hard transition, you can keep using it).
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