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Hi, On my public servers, I usually run BIND for DNS. I see CentOS offers a preconfigured (sort of) bind-chroot package. I wonder what's the effective benefit of this vs. a "normal" BIND setup without chroot. On my Slackware servers, I have a rather Keep-It-Simple approach to all things security, e. g. run no unneed services, open only needed ports etc. but I don't run the extra

On 4/12/2017 3:11 PM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > On my public servers, I usually run BIND for DNS. I see CentOS offers a > preconfigured (sort of) bind-chroot package. I wonder what's the > effective benefit of this vs. a "normal" BIND setup without chroot. On > my Slackware servers, I have a rather Keep-It-Simple approach to all > things security, e. g. run no unneed

...wat you are using the book for..I myself have been trying for a long time to find a document that describes basic RedHat and Linux security, what to look for, inherent dangers etc etc. So I was overjoyed when I found this book. No, I am not depending on it as a sole source of information, but the basicis that it covers simply do not get repeatadly posted to the lists you mentioned, at least not that I have seen. I think it is a wonderful intro into system security, but it should be made clear that it is not intended as a "fix-all". Just my two cents. -- Jason Welman -----Original Mess...

On 04/12/2017 06:18 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 4/12/2017 3:11 PM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: >> On my public servers, I usually run BIND for DNS. I see CentOS offers a >> preconfigured (sort of) bind-chroot package. I wonder what's the >> effective benefit of this vs. a "normal" BIND setup without chroot. On >> my Slackware servers, I have a rather