On Apr 4 23:29, Warren Young wrote: > Bryan D. Thomas wrote: > >"Kevin Hilton" wrote: > >>Can anyone point me to a link telling me how to set up a chrooted jail > >>with cygwin? > > > >I used this: > > > >$ /bin/chroot.exe --help > > Can that be relied upon? chroot is a system call on Unix and Linux, > which is how it can ensure that the process doesn't step outside the > box. Is there a comparable feature in the Windows kernel that provides > the same feature? Lacking that, all a determined hacker would have to > do when attacking a buffer overrun bug is make their injected code first > attack the cygwin1.dll before doing whatever nefarious task they want to do.
There's no chroot concept in Windows. Cygwin's chroot is just sort of a fake to get applications using chroot running. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
