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BSD Jails, a Better Virtual Server?

Posted by michael on from the lockdown dept.

gManZboy writes "Poul-Henning Kamp, a FreeBSD committer, has an article up about BSD Jails as part of Queue's special report on virtual machines. He describes BSD's interesting 'semi-permeable' approach to VMs, and the importance of security in VM architectures. The article is co-written by Robert Watson, a DARPA principal investigator in the Host Intrusion Protection (HIP) Research Group at McAfee Research."

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  1. This is no laughing matter. by Dizzle · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Host Intrusion Protection (HIP) Research Group...

    Research is not supposed to be "hip". It is a very somber and serious process. I think it's shameful how these researchers would rather run the streets with their "rad crew" than commit to serious discovery. For shame.

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    -Dizzle
    "I most likely AM so interested in myself."
  2. Re:How is this different? by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Naw, better to run Linux compatibility mode within a FreeBSD jail and then use UML inside that.

    If that doesn't confuse the users and crackers alike, I don't know what will....

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    The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
  3. Re:Are BSD jails the only option? by seek31337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't Linux 2.6.* have similar and better functionality now that SecureSomething patch has been merged into it?

    Wow, what an interesting comment! "Linux 2.?.? has a whoosit something whatcha hoo hoo I heard someone maybe talk about? It's better than BSD, tho!"

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    No SIG for you!
  4. Re:How is this different? by mccoma · · Score: 3, Funny
    oh great, security through "My $DIETY, this guy is insane.... I need to hack something else"

    thinking about it, it would probably work.