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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Mon 01 Dec 2003 - 21:11:13 GMT


On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 03:32:30PM -0500, Alex Klymov wrote:
> Hello Alex,
>
> Monday, December 1, 2003, 10:22:42 AM, you wrote:
>
> AL> On Monday 01 December 2003 16:41, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> >> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 09:15:33AM -0500, mile1_at_bellsouth.net wrote:
> >> > Hello Herbert,
> >> >
> >> > I have a question to ask? what is the difference between
> >> > the current vserver, and Freevps?
> >>
> >> well, FreeVPS is a late branch of vserver which was done
> >> by Alexey Lyashkov who adapted the vserver patches to the
> >> redhat kernel (around 2.4.18) ...
> >>
> >> this branch has some (experimental) features not yet in
> >> vserver (at least not in stable) like the virtualized
> >> network and routing tables, or some resource limits ...
> >>
> AL> also with virtual root and privated disknamespace
> AL> which allowed use mount inside vps.

well, allowing mount inside a vserver _is_ a security
risk, as it allows to mount _any_ other partition including
the root of the host ...

> AL> It`s do not need hack for dir with permisions 000
> AL> as quarantine zone.

this will go away soon, as it can be solved via userspace
helpers ...

best,
Herbert

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