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* Re: [gentoo-user] Did I just get hacked???
  @ 2007-02-23  0:51 99%     ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2007-02-23  0:51 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:34:45 -0800, Grant wrote:

> It occurred to me this morning that a hacker could have gained access
> to my system via the vmware guest OS (XP) and then deleted the
> contents of vmware/ to cover his tracks.  Does that sound like a
> possibility?

Not unless you have the vmware directory mounted within the guest OS. The
VM cannot access filesystems on the host unless they are created as disks
on the VM or network mounted.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

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