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How does something like Lulu firewall goons work instead?

Is there any alts for virtualbox?

LuLu uses the now deprecated NKE API, and definitely does some things that aren't supported by the replacement NetworkExtension framework. [1]

I've looked at doing some similar stuff, and I think they'll have to reimplement it as a "VPN", where the VPN is really just a user space process that performs the desired filtering. It'll be interesting to see how the Little Snitch guys approach it.

1. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension

macOS provides an API called Hypervisor.framework for virtual machine managers like Virtualbox. It means they don't need kernel modules anymore. QEMU also uses it for acceleration.

Is there anything that I can use for running Windows now?

I'm pretty sure Parallels will come up with a solution. If you want to play with virtualizing Windows via Hypervisor.framework right now, I remember that the people from Veertu.com had Windows running via their Veertu Desktop product. But they seem to be focused on virtualizing macOS-on-macOS right now.

Parallels can already use Hypervisor.framework - it's a per-VM configuration option.

Thanks, good information

If you actually mean now, VirtualBox still works. If you want a Hypervisor.framework based system, I think Veertu used to have an app on the App Store.

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