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Date:      Tue, 18 May 2004 14:41:20 +1000
From:      Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Multi-User Security
Message-ID:  <40A993F0.2040806@meijome.net>
In-Reply-To: <40A8C4A9.2000705@mindspring.com>
References:  <4985.217.162.71.141.1084795720.squirrel@serv04.inetworx.ch> <40A8C4A9.2000705@mindspring.com>

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Richard Coleman wrote:

> Using a chroot or a jail is the way to go if possible.  If you can't use 
> that, then unix permissions or ACL's is the next bet.  Restricting 
> commands is the most fragile solution since in many cases it can be 
> subverted.

Excuse my ignorance, could you quickly tell me the difference (or point 
me to a good reference article/book) between chroot + jail?
is it that a jail is always chrooted but not the other way around?
is a jail more encompassing than chroot only?

thanks in advance,
B




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