VM can better isolate the network, such as a cracked system otherwise potentially being able to attack/hack your router

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VM can better isolate the network, such as a cracked system otherwise potentially being able to attack/hack your router

Not sure I follow, but WSL combines the full attack surface of a linux box
with the full attack surface of a windows box all in one, so I'd be pretty reluctant to open the firewall to WSL :)

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I don't use Windows Ryan, haven't done so since XP days. Linux running
kvm/qemu for a BBS located in guest OS within a wifi guest network
(SSID) dedicated soley for it is relatively trivial/simple to set up and secure. Boot/system files can all be on a CD (read only) boot system, leaving just the BBS messages being disk/backup based.

My 'desktop' linux system is just 5MB (combined vmlinuz with integral
initrd), busybox based, boots with wifi net connect and has OpenSSH.
Setting that to connect to a dedicated 'guest' wifi network and adding something like mystic BBS on top of that for example would be good (secure) enough.

I wouldn't go down the Windows (WSL) route, more so given history.

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I wouldn't go down the Windows (WSL) route, more so given history.

Thanks for your message, but (respectfully) I have no idea what you're
replying to here. Mind quoting next time for the context? :)

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