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The Ubuntu VM's virtual hard disk is right there for the taking, though.
by superuser2 13y ago
The Ubuntu VM's virtual hard disk is right there for the taking, though.
- ansible 13y agoAn encrypted home directory will help some with that.
- ghswa 13y agoThat won't work since escapologybb can't type a password at the OS X lock screen.
- sequoia 13y agoencrypted home dir on the guest OS, not host.
- superuser2 13y agoAssuming you shut it down every time you walk away. AFAIK VirtualBox doesn't encrypt snapshots (which include RAM contents and therefore the encryption key). OP could get at least get screensaver-lock functionality, but actual security in this situation is hard.
- ghswa 13y agoAt least the Ubuntu VM can be password protected and encrypted, unlike OS X in this scenario, or am I missing some other issue? Using a VM as the "real" machine seems to be at least as effective as any other suggestion made here and far less brittle.
- s_q_b 13y agoAdversary profile precludes this vector.
- samstave 13y agoI would like this as a bumper sticker/answering machine message. >Ring.... >Ring... [pickup] >"Adversary profile precludes this vector" [/hangup]
- escapologybb 13y agoI use than SIP provider for all my telephone stuff, which gives me the ability to have menus etc. I've now got one for "press one if you're calling me about an unbelievable sales opportunity" that gives the exact response. I have no idea if anybody has called it yet, but it's kept me laughing for the past three days!
- deegles 13y agoCould you provide some details on how you set that up? It sounds interesting!
- escapologybb 13y agoNo problem, I first signed up for an account with SIP Centric[1], then once you've bought a phone number, you click on IVR menus in the sidebar and then it is point-and-click from there on; it really is surprisingly easy! [1]: http://pbx.sipcentric.com/ http://pbx.sipcentric.com/
- s_q_b 13y agoI can't tell you how happy that makes me.
- mcgwiz 13y agoYou could use something like TrueCrypt to encrypt the vhd/vmdk(s). How aggressively you mount/unmount the volume depends on the circumstances.