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Enhancing Security With Chroot() For Untrusted Programs

Calendar Nov 29, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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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.