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to: mike
from: Robert Comer
date: 2007-02-26 18:49:44
subject: Re: Microsoft Say Don`t Buy Vista

From: "Robert Comer" 

> Doesn't sound impossible, just somewhat difficult.

It would be much easier to hack the host and forget about VT.

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Bob Comer


"mike"  wrote in message
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> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:32:33 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>> How hard would it be for a hacker to reprogram the VM emulated drivers
>>> so
>>> that Vista thought it had a secure path to HD capable hardware?
>>
>>Impossible.  They would have to write their own VM software, not using any
>>of the current products, and it would have to be very hardware specific
>>plus
>>have some driver hacks on the host to allow it.
>
>
> Doesn't sound impossible, just somewhat difficult.
>
> /m

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