Re: Linux's future: //posix/ipc, //root and so on ?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 07:29:59 EST


> program to execure cgi script in sandbox. And without devfs, procfs and
> ipcfs it's DOABLE: you can put all needed libraries as hardlinks
> there. Without // trick (or rather /../ trick -- looks much saner to me)
> it's doable as well. WITHOUT changes for each and every program when new
> netfs or whjatever is implemented.

Unfortunately you've already introduced a security hole in wu.ftpd if you
dont modify it

        put //ipc/statusfile

stomp... and ipc may contain stuff you dont want outsiders reading. I'd actually
like chrooted stuff not be able to access the master /ipc. In fact being able
to mount further /ipc namespaces inside chrooted environments which are
seperate from the main one would be the good thing

Thats another step into supporting partitioning of applications on Linux

Alan

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