Changeset 85107 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Security.xml

Timestamp:

Jul 8, 2020 11:02:23 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

doc/manual: Clarify NAT/NAT service behavior regarding loopback access. Eliminate all "e.g." which have sneaked into the docs. Oracle doc team is avoiding it.

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Security.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Security.xml

@@ -63 +63 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          <emphasis role="strong"> Monitor system activity.</emphasis>
+          <emphasis role="strong">Monitor system activity.</emphasis>
           System security builds on three pillars: good security
           protocols, proper system configuration and system monitoring.
@@ -216 +216 @@
           subnet belonging to this VM and the guest IP is not visible
           from the outside. This networking mode works without any
-          additional setup and is sufficient for many purposes.
+          additional setup and is sufficient for many purposes. Keep in
+          mind that NAT allows access to the host operating system's
+          loopback interface.
         </para>
 
@@ -536 +538 @@
       issues. By default VirtualBox will configure the VMs to run in a
       secure manner, however this may not always be possible without
-      additional user actions (e.g. host OS / firmware configuration
+      additional user actions (for example host OS / firmware configuration
       changes).
     </para>