Comment Re:VMWare rocks but... (Score 1) 340
VMs do add some interesting security twists...especially giving people root access they can have lots of fun with network access (ping -f works:) (L2/L3) and mess with the operation of other virtual machines by configuring bridges and stealing data transiting the network.
Not necessarily. For example, in VMware ESX server the default configuration is that a VM can not switch any of its virtual NIC's to promiscuous mode unless explicitly allowed to do so.
