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Jim Ledin is the CEO of Ledin Engineering, Inc. Jim is an expert in embedded software and hardware design and testing. He is also an expert in system cybersecurity assessment and penetration testing. He has a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University and an M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jim is a registered professional electrical engineer in California, a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and a Certified Penetration Tester (CPT).
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Chapter 12: Processor Virtualization

Exercise 1

Download and install the current version of VirtualBox. Download, install, and bring up Ubuntu Linux as a VM within VirtualBox.

Connect the guest OS to the internet using a bridged network adapter. Configure and enable clipboard sharing and file sharing between the Ubuntu guest and your host operating system.

Answer

Perform the following steps:

  1. Download the VirtualBox 6.1 (or later version) installer from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Be sure to select the version appropriate for your host operating system.
  2. Run the VirtualBox installer and accept the default prompts.
  3. Download a VirtualBox image of 64-bit Ubuntu Linux. One source for such an image is https://www.osboxes.org/ubuntu/. If the image is in a compressed format, uncompress it. Use 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) if the filename ends with .7z. After unzipping, the VirtualBox disk image filename will have the extension .vdi.
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Jim Ledin is the CEO of Ledin Engineering, Inc. Jim is an expert in embedded software and hardware design and testing. He is also an expert in system cybersecurity assessment and penetration testing. He has a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University and an M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jim is a registered professional electrical engineer in California, a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and a Certified Penetration Tester (CPT).
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