Hello,
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Peter Brezny wrote:
> 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
>
On Friday, December 15, 2000, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> However, with the advent of chroot and the security gains that it provides,
> "sandbox" has been re-defined to mean b) in most cases.
chroot is not meant as a security mechanism, it was only meant
to change the meaning of "/", originally
> 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)
