Re: security implications: ptyfs + mount_null + chroot

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:49:20PM +0300, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Dave B <spam%y2012.dberg.net@localhost> 
> wrote:
> > ** The short version:
> >
> > ?In addition, how iron-clad is chroot now considered to be anyway?
> 
> If the question is how secure chroot is, I'd say it is not secure by design.

I'd say it works fine, if you understand its limitations.

Of course, on some Unix-like operating systems, it's quite a bit
more limited than on NetBSD.

Thor