Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:02:23 -0400 (EDT) From: <scanner@jurai.net> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: jailNG Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104281956430.85066-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010428195253.89482E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Robert Watson wrote: > The jail() code doesn't allow user applications to open raw sockets > permitting direct use of ICMP by user processes, but all of the normal use > of ICMP by the network stack directly is uninhibited. This means that > things like PMTU discovery work just fine, but applications such as ping > do not work in jail(). It's possible to imagine modifications to the raw > socket behavior that might permit use of it from within jail(), but > there's a whole can of worms there that we're not willing to spend too > much time on at this point. Ok. I wasn't sure. I couldnt believe it would block ICMP. I knew there was a logical system with its behaviour. I actually like the current way then. I see jail as a virtual hosting env. more then anything else. Thanks for the explanation. ============================================================================= -Chris Watson (316) 326-3862 | FreeBSD Consultant, FreeBSD Geek Work: scanner@jurai.net | Open Systems Inc., Wellington, Kansas Home: scanner@deceptively.shady.org | http://open-systems.net ============================================================================= WINDOWS: "Where do you want to go today?" LINUX: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" BSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" ============================================================================= irc.openprojects.net #FreeBSD -Join the revolution! ICQ: 20016186 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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