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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/security_clipboard.dita b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/security_clipboard.dita new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..765ad4f76e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/security_clipboard.dita @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> +<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd"> +<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="security_clipboard"> + <title>Clipboard</title> + + <body> + <p> + The shared clipboard enables users to share data between the + host and the guest. Enabling the clipboard in Bidirectional + mode enables the guest to read and write the host clipboard. + The Host to Guest mode and the Guest to Host mode limit the + access to one direction. If the guest is able to access the + host clipboard it can also potentially access sensitive data + from the host which is shared over the clipboard. + </p> + <p> + If the guest is able to read from and/or write to the host + clipboard then a remote user connecting to the guest over the + network will also gain this ability, which may not be + desirable. As a consequence, the shared clipboard is disabled + for new machines. + </p> + </body> + +</topic> |