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More and more I'd wish MS provided a extra limited version of IE6+WinXP packaged in a sandboxed VM. Any group seriously needing IE6 would switch to a combinatio

by hrktb 13y ago

More and more I'd wish MS provided a extra limited version of IE6+WinXP packaged in a sandboxed VM. Any group seriously needing IE6 would switch to a combination of a modern windows + the sandoxed VM. This could already be done now, but a more compact, efficient and blessed solution from MS could make a difference. It's horrible to have IE6 or winXP only software, but instead of just throwing it away, putting it in a confined executing environment would help desl with issues pressing right now.

Already__Taken 13y ago
My understanding is that people who _need_ ie6 still need it exactly the way it is. Trying to strip stuff out or secure it would break why people need it just as much as upgrading it would.
- hrktb 13y ago
  Putting it in it's own VM would allow to keep IE in a perfect replica of it's current environment (same OS, libraries, plugins, helpers etc), while securing it from the outside (for instance firewalling, snapshot of valid states to prevent corruption, check on the data exchange on the network interface, sanitizing of the input/output if really needed)
- awj 13y ago
  Then have the VM be configured to only allow traffic to/from specific addresses/dns names/whatever. There has to be a way to solve this that doesn't involve running an ancient browser/OS combination as your host operating system.
jongalloway2 13y ago
There are app compat VM's with XP and IE6 for a variety of VM platforms here: http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads There's also XP Mode for Windows 7, although I don't know how secure or supported that is: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7?woldogcb=0 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-... There's also Enterprise Mode in the IE11 (Windows 7 and 8) that makes it easier to get legacy web apps working in IE11: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn640687.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn640687.aspx

by hrktb 13y ago

Already__Taken 13y ago

My understanding is that people who _need_ ie6 still need it exactly the way it is. Trying to strip stuff out or secure it would break why people need it just as much as upgrading it would.

hrktb 13y ago
Putting it in it's own VM would allow to keep IE in a perfect replica of it's current environment (same OS, libraries, plugins, helpers etc), while securing it from the outside (for instance firewalling, snapshot of valid states to prevent corruption, check on the data exchange on the network interface, sanitizing of the input/output if really needed)
awj 13y ago
Then have the VM be configured to only allow traffic to/from specific addresses/dns names/whatever. There has to be a way to solve this that doesn't involve running an ancient browser/OS combination as your host operating system.

jongalloway2 13y ago

There are app compat VM's with XP and IE6 for a variety of VM platforms here: http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads There's also XP Mode for Windows 7, although I don't know how secure or supported that is: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7?woldogcb=0 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-... There's also Enterprise Mode in the IE11 (Windows 7 and 8) that makes it easier to get legacy web apps working in IE11: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn640687.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn640687.aspx