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Enhancing Security With Chroot() For Untrusted Programs
Nov 29, 2004
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Anthony Pell
1 min read
Topics Covered
access control
security enhancement
threat mitigation
chroot
program isolation
untrusted environments
This page details how the chroot() system call can be used to provide an additional layer of security when running untrusted programs. It also details how this additional layer of security can be circumvented.
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