PECOFF support and VMware

[Daniela]

On Monday 14 April 2003 17:13, Munehiro Matsuda wrote:
> From: Daniela <dgw at liwest.at>
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:51:33 +0200
>
> ::Hi all!
> ::
> ::I have some questions about the PECOFF_SUPPORT kernel option and vmware3:
> ::
> ::When I include this option, can I run the PECOFF executables directly
> :: (given that the files needed by the program are there) without other
> :: programs? Is there any reason for not doing so (especially
> :: security-related)?
>
> IIRC, PECOFF option was added to support the PEACE project.
> See the follwoing URL for more info:
> http://chiharu.haun.org/peace/

Seems pretty useful, but what about security? "In-kernel *.EXE loader" sounds 
much like "In-kernel Computer Virus Loader".   :-)
I'm a bit paranoid.
Is it safe to install this?