Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:17:40 -0800 From: "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: named in a sand box. terminology clarification from -net Message-ID: <003101c066f5$9a974740$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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> I have a nomenclature ignorance when it comes to the term sandbox. > > When someone says, "named runs in a sandbox on my machine." > > Do they mean > > a) named runs under an unpriviliged user > or > b) named runs in a chrooted environment > or > c) both At one point in time, "sandbox" meant a) as above. However, with the advent of chroot and the security gains that it provides, "sandbox" has been re-defined to mean b) in most cases. Unfortunately, this means that some documentation causes confusion, such as named-related sources you quoted. -- Matthew Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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