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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?
Posted by markus on Tuesday, July 04, 2006(0) Comments • Permalink • In the news • IT Security • VMware