On 3/25/06, A Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been comparing FreeBSD with OpenBSD as of late for the role of web > server. I generally prefer OpenBSD because I find it easier to use (I > like finding the configs for my installed applications in /etc not > /usr/local/etc among other things) however, jail()-from what I've > read-seems to be superior to chroot(), which leads me to my question: > why isn't jail() implemented in OpenBSD? It does look like a massive > undertaking would be needed to implement it, but code auditing is also a > big undertaking as well(unless I am mistaken).
jail really isn't that much code; just nobody's done it. it still has some advantages (and disadvantes) wrt virtualization, but i think in the new world order, virtual servers are how things are going to be done.
