Monthly Archives: September 2007

lockdown and the di-semi-default route

i’ve been working on a vpn client lately. i’ve invented (i think) two pretty simple tricks that are worth sharing.
lockdown
the first thing is a method for locking down a process to not have any filesystem access. the idea is a pretty simple twist on chroot() to an empty directory.

chdir() to /tmp
make a directory in […]

dear apple

screw you and your pathetic failed attempt to use your ridiculously trendy device to lock its owners into your sorry excuse for music playing software.
i know you’re afraid of the linux desktop eating away at your precious niche market, but at least you could play fair.
the good guys will always win.

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