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On Thu, 15 May 2014 20:35:41 +0200 |
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"Thomas D." <whissi@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > Sandboxing isn't about security. It's about catching mistakes. |
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> From Wikipedia |
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> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_%28computer_security%29): |
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> > In computer security, a sandbox is a security mechanism for |
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> > separating running programs. It is often used to execute untested |
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> > code, or untrusted programs from unverified third-parties, |
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> > suppliers, untrusted users and untrusted websites |
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> network-sandbox is using unshare() syscalls to separate... not? |
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Not for security reasons: sandbox (the way it is used on Gentoo) does |
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nothing against a malicious ebuild or a malicious package. Instead, it |
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simply catches certain common mistakes. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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