Bruce, It was a pleasure to talk to you. My resume and professional references are attached. Enjoy your weekend. I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks, Nigel On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 11:12, bruce wrote: > Hi.. > > Being relatively new to Linux, I have a few questions concerning security. > If there is a better/more appropriate site, I'd appreciate being pointed in > that direction... > > I'm looking at setting up a few machines to allow users to access the > machines and perform development work on the machines. By development, I > mean the ability to actually run various scripting languages > (Perl/PHP/etc...) and the ability to actually build/compile/run their C/C++ > apps.... > > The idea is to setup a system that provides the functionality of > www.sourceforge.com as well as the ability to build/test the > applications.... > > My question has to do with the problem of creating an environment that's > reasonably secure. Is there a way/ways to create this kind of environment > such that a user can essentially have his/her own space and not somehow > screw up the system. Are there pointers that you can provide to give me a > better high level understanding of what this kind of environment would > entail... > > Basically, we do not want the "ruthless" user to be able to create havoc > through not having the system secured properly, or from being able to create > an app that would in turn caus havoc. > > I've done the Google thing and come across the concept of chroot/jail but I > have a lot more questions... > > Thanks in advance for any help/assistance with this issue... > > Hey... If you live close to me, I'd even buy you lunch!!! > > Thanks > > Bruce Douglas > bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > (925) 866-2790 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. -- Nigel Clarke CRAFTED PACKETS LLC Security Engineer clarke@craftedpackets. www.craftedpackets.net
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