On Dec 19, Henrik Ahlgren <pa...@seestieto.com> wrote:

> Take bind9 named(8) for example – it can chroot (with -t) but AFAIK
> Debian does not use it by default, and I think using the various
Because it makes managing it much harder, since /etc/bind/ then moves to 
/var/.
Systemd directives like ProtectSystem, ReadOnlyPaths, etc... are much 
easier to use than a blunt chroot.

> systemd sandboxing would be much more friendly approach. (The security
> track record of BIND is sadly not the greatest.)
This is a urban legend: actually you are thinking of BIND 8.
BIND 9 is a totally different code base and it reliably kills itself 
when something goes wrong.

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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