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General Tech => Operating System => : AboveDaCloudz June 18, 2015, 02:15:14 AM

: Virtual Box
: AboveDaCloudz June 18, 2015, 02:15:14 AM

I want to run virtual box on my machine. I have 8GB of RAM, how much ram do I need to run windows XP for using webgoat?

: Re: Virtual Box
: proxx June 18, 2015, 02:29:55 AM

: AboveDaCloudz  June 18, 2015, 02:15:14 AM

I want to run virtual box on my machine. I have 8GB of RAM, how much ram do I need to run windows XP for using webgoat?

I moved the topic since I dont see what it would have to do with hacking specifically.
That is plenty to run some XP depening on your host machine.
I would suggest a lightweight linux distro and run a vhost on top of it.
But you can probably limit its RAM and CPU enough to keep things moving, virtualbox is quite smart with suggestions.

: Re: Virtual Box
: zenk1 June 18, 2015, 08:17:32 AM

More than enough. Are you setting one up to be a victim machine? Honestly tho, I think vmware is better. Guest additions on virtual box is a headache.

: Re: Virtual Box
: nulldigit June 18, 2015, 09:04:29 AM

I've always had shit luck with VirtualBox, with Arch mostly. I always used vmware.

Anyway, as for RAM, I would just use like 2gb. The computer hosting it will need more dedication to RAM anyway just for running the VM to begin with.

: Re: Virtual Box
: zenk1 June 19, 2015, 06:39:48 AM

: 2460h1  June 18, 2015, 08:31:10 AM

It's integrated now... and generally just work. been a while since you've used VirtualBox i bet?

Good to hear. Yes, I have been using vmware for a while now.