Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 9 Nov 1997 13:33:49 -0500 (EST) | | From | Dave Wreski <> | | Subject | Re: chroot useful? (fwd) |
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> Mounting /proc in a chrooted environment also has advantages. When > we create a new version of our linux distribution it's done in a > chrooted environment. Since some configure-script need access to > /proc, being able to mount it in a chrooted environment is an > advantage. Chroot in itself is _not_ a security mechanism.
I was just wondering how this could benefit us in the security classification.. Anyone familiar with the Orange Book? Possibly this helps towards C1 or C2 status?
Dave
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