How is DSL seen on a network?

Forum: DSL Embedded
Topic: How is DSL seen on a network?
started by: antis

Posted by antis on Feb. 08 2006,21:36

I have absolutely nooooo idea how things like this work so I feel that I have to issue a stupid-question-alert here.

Say that you are connected to a network and logged in to a domain and want to run DSL from within Windows.
Is DSL then recognized as a separate computer on the network or is it just run on the windows host like any other software?

The reason I'm asking is that where I work it is forbidden to connect a non-company computer to the network and I don't want to get in trouble with the admin guys if DSL looks like a real computer on the network.

Posted by desnotes on Feb. 08 2006,23:23

Running DSL embedded would not look like another computer is connected to the network. QEMU does not even allow 'pings' from the host computer to DSL embedded go through. That is not to say that a network port sniffer could not detect it running if given enough time but I suspect it would be very difficult to detect.

However, I would not recommend attempting to break company policy based on it not being discovered because technically it is a 'virtual computer' and it is not company-owned.

desNotes

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 09 2006,04:33

DSL is actually running inside a virtual computer system that is contained inside the QEMU.EXE program.

So any network requests will appear to originate from this program.

However, this does not make you "invisible" to the rest of the world.

If you use your virtual PC for behaviors that are not approved, they can be detected and you can get into trouble.

So be smart and play by your company's rules.

As for the whole "company-owned computer" concept, you might be able to slide by with an "I didn't know that virtual computers are not considered to be company-owned". But if it is clear that you are INTENTIONALLY trying to violate your company's network usage policies, you will most likely be in serious trouble, and rightfully so.