Opened 15 months ago
#21523 new enhancement
Add easy to use sandbox network option to VM settings
| Reported by: | mahma90 | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | network/NAT | Version: | VirtualBox-7.0.6 |
| Keywords: | sandbox network nat | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | all |
Description
Currently when using default NAT as network setting the guest can access the host's LAN even though the guest in a different subnet. For people like me who run malware and untrusted software in the guest this is a problem. Because viruses can spread across the host's LAN. I believe many users don't know the guest can access the host's LAN if in NAT mode.
Currently it's complicated to establish a sandbox network. You need to setup another guest, install router software and configure firewalls as described on forums.virtualbox.org.
What it needs is a sandbox network mode or a sandbox option for the default NAT network mode. It should be possible to enable this sandbox mode easily in the VM's settings. (One single click on a checkbox or so.) It could also make sense to enable sandbox mode by default.
Thank you in advance...
