chrooting BIND [was -Re: Here I am again, hat in hand with humble demeanor.......]

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:46:44 -0500
> From: Jerry Kemp <dns.bind.list at oryx.cc>
> Sender: bind-users-bounces+oberman=es.net at lists.isc.org
> 
> IMHO, the primary benefit of chrooting is security.
> 
> another, less painful option, again IMHO, is to run BIND in a jail if
> you are using BSD, or a zone if you are on Solaris, or a Solaris based
> distro.

While both are pretty simple to do on BSD, jail is far more secure, but
I certainly find setting up jails more complex than chrooting. (Besides,
the FreeBSD BIND is chrooted by default, so there is nothing to set up.)
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