Week 03: Virtualization

For this discussion question, research an current article related to virtualization, such as:

• How virtualization weaknesses could be exploited during an attack.
• Creative uses of a virtualization environment for testing purposes.

Remember to include the URL of the article being referenced.

This Discussion Question thread has been created to discuss how we’re succeeding with virtualization.

• What platform did you choose?  (Windows, Linux, Mac)
• Which virtualiation platform(s) did you use? (Vmware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, or your own server farm?)
• What guest operating system(s) did you install so far?
• What advantages or disadvantages do you see about these choices?
• What was the most important “Aha” moment?
• Did you encounter any challenges or other difficulties?  (it’s ok to run into an issue, as long as one learns from it!)