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

3.1 Doing the Compile

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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