I thought chroot pre-dated SELinux. Maybe SELinux is just security evolved in the Linux community?
I still prefer Solaris Containers/Zones. :) http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zones/ On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 09:28, andrew mcelroy<[email protected]> wrote: > If chroots aren't for security, then what are they for? > > I have reread that statement several times, and it still confounds me. > Would you consider SELinux more secure (generally speaking) than BSD Jails? -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
