Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 08:34:18 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Angelos D. Keromytis" <angelos@dsl.cis.upenn.edu> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chroot() Message-ID: <2486.900138858@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Jul 1998 22:35:19 EDT." <199807110241.WAA21195@adk.gr>
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In message <199807110241.WAA21195@adk.gr>, "Angelos D. Keromytis" writes: >Keep in mind that it's trivial to escape from a root shell if you have >root (or can do certain things). chroot() is unfortunately far from >perfect. A FreeBSD user has paid me to strengthen the chroot() concept, and the code will go into FreeBSD when he has had time to get his money back through the use of it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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