VirtualBox Hardering

[greek]

As suggested in https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Security_Guide#VirtualBox_Hardening

The first thing i want to ask why on gateway by default “Shared Clipboard” is enabled (Host To Guest) ? On workstation it is disabled, i think if its useful is more usefull on workstation.

In the link above you talking about removing floppy,dvd from virtualbox instance. Do you mean removing these from boot order and/or storage menu ?
If removing from storage menu, do i only need remove DVD device only or controler also ?

I notice that i have VNC extension in my virtualbox, can i remove that for hardering ?

[Patrick]

The first thing i want to ask why on gateway by default "Shared Clipboard" is enabled (Host To Guest) ?

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/VirtualBox_Guest_Additions#Clipboard_Sharing (see footnote)

In the link above you talking about removing floppy,dvd from virtualbox instance. Do you mean removing these from boot order and/or storage menu ?

No. The virtual hardware.

For whatever that’s worth. Switching to a more secure virtualizer is better.

If removing from storage menu, do i only need remove DVD device only or controler also ?

As much as possible.

I notice that i have VNC extension in my virtualbox, can i remove that for hardering ?

Yes.

[greek]

Thanks for clearing this up.

If talking about virtualbox devices boot order, i see no need to have floppy.dvd here. Can you confirm that it is ok to remove them from boot sequence?

[Patrick]

Yes.