IE in a sandbox
As reported elsewhere, a new product has been released that tries to ride the wave of IE security flaws: GreenBorder Pro.
According to the overview page found on Greenborder’s site, their product runs IE on top of a (patented) virtualization layer, which is supposed to isolate IE from the base OS and also sports a “reset to pristine state” feature. I am a bit bemused by this; it’s been years since I actively used IE - other than for the infamous Windows Update and occasionally testing if a website is rendered correctly in that browser. Simply put, I personally have no need for a commercial product to sandbox a perpetuall security headache that I don’t use in the first place.
While it may be beyond the skill and comfort level of many users, I much prefer to grab a copy of the free VMware player and run the pre-built browser appliance on it. If you use virtualization at all, why not go whole hog?
By the way, I do wonder how this virtualization sits with Microsoft’s licensing department. Will they want you to get an additional retail license for Windows or will they let this narrow use slide?