Re: Well, well, well, guess chroot isn't so great after all

On Sep 27, 11:05 pm, Erik Funkenbusch <e...@despam-funkenbusch.com>
wrote:
> On a few occasions, when the topic of Vista's "low rights" features, it was
> trotted out that chroot was the solution to the same problem on linux.
>
> Well, guess what, according to Alan Cox and others, chroot isn't any kind
> of security whatsoever, and that thousands of people claiming chroot
> provides any measure of security are deluded.
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Abusing_chroot
>
> Yes, He's referring to you Jim Richardson.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp....sg/81b838cd73d...


Get ready for the Linux zealot discredit machine to mobilize just like
they did when Eric Raymond slammed CUPS as being too difficult or when
Jorge Schilling spoke his mind.

That's the way it is with Linux.

Either you agree with the radical Linux zealots 100 percent or they
try and discredit you.

wrote:
> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
>> On a few occasions, when the topic of Vista's "low rights" features,
>> it was trotted out that chroot was the solution to the same problem on
>> linux.
>>
>> Well, guess what, according to Alan Cox and others, chroot isn't any
>> kind of security whatsoever, and that thousands of people claiming
>> chroot provides any measure of security are deluded.
>>
>> http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Abusing_chroot
>>
>> Yes, He's referring to you Jim Richardson.
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp....sg/81b838cd73d...
>
> Get ready for the Linux zealot discredit machine to mobilize just like
> they did when Eric Raymond slammed CUPS as being too difficult or when
> Jorge Schilling spoke his mind.
>
> That's the way it is with Linux.
>
> Either you agree with the radical Linux zealots 100 percent or they try
> and discredit you.

No discrediting, just plain truth. The nym-thief and comment spammer is
back, IP 62.215.3.45:

http://groups.google.com/group/Is-So...thread/thread/
27b0ab4138148b27

or http://tinyurl.com/3b5gux

http://www.projecthoneypot.org/i_559...593caa3a50fa54

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