Charles Rapenne <charles.rape...@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi
>
> Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think using Nginx
> with chroot is useful when dealing with proxy_pass or fastcgi
> application.

There's still the possibility that a nginx worker is compromised.

> If your RoR app is compromised, it won't be chrooted as it's not
> running in a chroot. All nginx will do is serving static files.

Not that I know how easy it is to do so with Rails, but nothing prevents
you from running your fastcgi processes inside a chroot.

> Regards
>
> 2013/6/9  <openda...@hushmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is anybody here running Ruby on Rails in the chrooted nginx(8) and know if 
>> it's worth the hassle?
>>
>> I notice the docs saying: "Some applications are pretty simple, and
>> chroot(2)ing them makes sense. Others are very complex, and are either
>> not worth the effort of forcing them into a chroot(2), or by the time
>> you copy enough of the system into the chroot, you have lost the
>> benefit of the chroot(2) environment." --
>> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#httpdchroot
>>
>> O.D.
>


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