{"id":680,"date":"2006-12-11T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2006\/12\/introduction-to-virtualisation.htm"},"modified":"2007-03-08T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T13:36:52","slug":"introduction-to-virtualisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/12\/introduction-to-virtualisation.htm","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to virtualisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

When thinking of IT security, there are a few names which immediately come to mind. One of these is Bruce Schneier<\/a>, another is Rafal Lukawiecki<\/a> and another is Steve Gibson<\/a>. I recently began to listen to Steve Gibson’s Security Now<\/a> podcast with Leo Laporte and originally I thought a security podcast would be dull – although it does seem to me that this one is as often about new hardware and software technologies as it is about security – but I was pleased to discover that it’s enjoyable listening as Steve does a very good job of describing security issues in basic terms (he can be very outspoken though and does sometimes let himself down on his broader knowledge of the non-security elements).<\/p>\n

I’ve written a lot on this blog about virtualisation technologies but never really covered the basics of what virtualisation is. I had thought of writing a blog post on the topic but, as there are a number of Security Now podcasts that do a better job, I recommend listening to (or reading the transcript for):<\/p>\n

Security Now episode 50: Introduction to virtualisation<\/a> (transcript<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I found this particularly interesting, describing the history of virtualisation technology, from 1960s IBM mainframes right up to the present day. If that whetted your appetite then the following episodes may also be interesting:<\/p>\n

Security Now episode 53: Virtualisation part 2<\/a> (transcript<\/a>).
\nSecurity Now episode 54: Blue pill<\/a> (transcript<\/a>).
\nSecurity Now episode 55: Application sandboxes<\/a> (transcript<\/a>).
\nSecurity Now episode 57: Virtual PC<\/a> (transcript<\/a>).
\nSecurity Now episode 59: Parallels<\/a> (transcript<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I should point out though that I did notice a few errors:<\/p>\n