Re: Chroot jails

[Antoine Martin <antoine () nagafix co uk>]

AFAIK, chroot on linux is fundamentally insecure - look for the
'chroot-again' flaw.
Last time I checked it still worked and allowed to escape.

Antoine

On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 17:21 +0100, Steve.Cummings () barclayscapital com
wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Wondered if people could give me their opinions on chroot jails on solaris and linux, am interested in both 
> manageability but more interested in whether anyone has broken out of one
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
>  
>
>
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