Re: [Plash] Installing with non-root access

[John McCabe-Dansted]

On 6/26/07, Mark Seaborn <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have some plans to use ptrace() instead of chroot jails (see
> http://plash.beasts.org/wiki/PtraceJail), which would work from an
> privileged user account, but that won't be done in the near future.

You could also have a look at systrace:
http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2006/03/msg00492.html

I understand that their Ptrace implementation still has holes, but it
may be good enough to confound worms and script kiddies.

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John C. McCabe-Dansted
PhD Student
University of Western Australia