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Chroot-BIND HOWTO
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Chroot-BIND HOWTO

Scott Wunsch, scott at wunsch.org

v1.5, 1 December 2001


This document describes installing the BIND 9 nameserver to run in a chroot jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the potential effects of a security compromise. Note that this document has been updated for BIND 9; if you still run BIND 8, you want the Chroot-BIND8 HOWTO instead.

1. Introduction

2. Preparing the Jail

3. Compiling and Installing Your Shiny New BIND

4. Installing Your Shiny New BIND

5. The End

6. Appendix - Upgrading BIND Later

7. Appendix - Thanks

8. Appendix - Document Distribution Policy


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