Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:54:43 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>, "freebsd-questions\@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <44vb0ktckc.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB097473969EFFA9FA251F63C7F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> (Manish Jain's message of "Tue, 5 Jul 2016 06:39:06 %2B0000") References: <VI1PR02MB0974C9E557F7FEBCA7D7B4FCF6380@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnn3gOXAj8jAxqGqy0z0kcEFUf5jvixgO9pwGw_g=uNBg@mail.gmail.com> <VI1PR02MB097473969EFFA9FA251F63C7F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> writes: > Sounds crazy that USB is as good as missing from a supposed > virtualization solution. Unfortunately, USB requires privileged access to memory. Other peripherals don't do this, leaving it to OS driver code. In addition to being a huge potential source of bugs, it's a security nightmare. You might have better luck with a different brand of USB storage.
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