Re: RE : Re: [tlug] Small footprint Linux distribution without a GUI

["Jedidiah Israel" <jedidiah.israel@example.com>]

On 5/10/07, Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> wrote:

> Don't forget your shared libraries.

Thank you. I have not consider shared vs. static libraries. What are
the reasons for each? Can`t you have both? One set for the host,
another for your virtualized instances. I`m speaking out of my hat
again.  I am still googling for ideas. There seems to be a few
discussions about it online, but no real conclusions. This means I
have to try all options, benchmark, and determine which is the best
solution.

> Since you'll have a reasonably secure network internal to the machine,
> you might also want to consider sharing the base system via NFS, though
> that could also potentially open up new security issues.

Not to be a troll, but I am hoping to find another alternative to NFS.
Having aufs gives me the feeling that NFS should be depreciated.
Borrowing from the Web 2.0 idea, NFS is Linux standard 1.0 and I want
to move towards Linux standard 2.0.  Linux standard 2.0 being the new
features I mentioned before that are not fully utilized.

By the way, I found that the leading alternative to SELinux was bought
out by Novell. Fortunately, Umbrella Security Project is another
alternative. However, as stated on their web page it uses
process-based access control (PBAC), and intended for consumer
electric devices.

Cheers,
Jed