Changeset 41988 in vbox for trunk

Timestamp:

Jul 2, 2012 8:02:24 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

doc/manual: clipboard security, adjustments.

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Security.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Security.xml

@@ -219 +219 @@
           the guest to read and write the host clipboard. The "Host to guest"
           mode and the "Guest to host" mode limit the access to one
-          direction. If the guest is able to access the host clipboard, it
-          could also access sensitive data from the host which is shared over
-          the clipboard.
-        </para>
-        <para>
-          If the guest is able to read and/or write the host clipboard then
-          a remote user which is connected to the guest over the network has
-          the same level of access like a local guest user which is sometimes
-          not desired. As a consequence, the shared clipboard is disabled for
-          new VMs.
+          direction. If the guest is able to access the host clipboard it
+          can also potentially access sensitive data from the host which is
+          shared over the clipboard.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+          If the guest is able to read from and/or write to the host clipboard
+          then a remote user connecting to the guest over the network will also
+          gain this ability, which may not be desirable. As a consequence, the
+          shared clipboard is disabled for new machines.
         </para>
       </sect3>
@@ -234 +233 @@
       <sect3>
         <title>Shared folders</title>
-        <para>If any folder of the host is shared with the guest, a remote
-          user which is connected to the guest over the network can access
-          these files too as VirtualBox cannot distinguish between local
-          guest users and remote guest users in that case.
+        <para>If any host folder is shared with the guest then a remote
+          user connected to the guest over the network can access
+          these files too as the folder sharing mechanism cannot be
+          selectively disabled for remote users.
         </para>
       </sect3>