Sorry I should have been more specific
I have often wondered how hard it would be to make a sandbox.
does anyone know of any open source sandboxes?
User Mode Linux is about as strong as you'll get. The BSD's jail
system, a
more advanced chroot, is also very good.
I should have said... does anyone know of any open source sandboxes for
windows?
Windows being the major source of infections cause by a total lack of
"useable" security.
What security there is available being in effect rendered useless by its
difficulty to implement. thus putting itself far beyond the average user.
a good program that leads a user through the steps required might be
helpful. but windows 98 etc are without any form of security and a sandbox
is the better choice.
The ones you mentioned above are probably good case studies to see what is
needed in such a system.
Regards
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
[mailto:asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]On Behalf Of
Philip Miller
Sent: Tuesday, 13 April 2004 9:20 PM
To: Chris
Cc: asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: [Asrg] Re: Usefulness of wholesale blocking of attachments for
SMTP?
Chris wrote:
[snip prior message]
The problem could/should be solved by using a sandbox arrangement
anything to do with the internet should be run in a sandbox so it cannot
alter any part of the users computer.
that is to say not only email but any other software that has
the potential
to run downloaded apps or scripts
e.g. IM's P2P Browsers etc.
I have often wondered how hard it would be to make a sandbox.
does anyone know of any open source sandboxes?
User Mode Linux is about as strong as you'll get. The BSD's jail
system, a
more advanced chroot, is also very good.
Philip Miller
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