Interesting...
But would you have to give the usermode linux process
enough rights to be able to do the firewall stuff,
that once it was compromised (i.e. completely replaced
or rooted), you would effectively have root on the box?
Padraig.
kevin lyda wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 12:50:54PM +0000, Dave Airlie wrote:
>>> Firewall/dialup box should always be a separate box from the
>> web/mail/samba servers... 486 should be good enough for most FW tasks...
>>> i wonder how usermode linux would do here - the firewall runs under
> usermode linux and the real box runs the rest. of course i haven't
> tried it since i've been spending huge amounts of time just trying to
> convince paul jakma to just consider using it.
>> kevin, who is trying to maximize the abuse he's going to get
> from paul today...
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