Re: docker updates

eric gisse <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:58:36 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.hardened
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Let's turn this around.

What is the business case for containerization when security is so
loose and ill-defined right now?

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Alex Efros <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:35:34AM +0100, F. Alonso wrote:
>> I agree with containers do not improve security.
>
> I agree too, but my original question was about how to avoid LOWERING
> security if we move ours apps/services into containers.
>
> I didn't expect containers to really increase security (but some extra
> isolation and resource management doesn't harm, and extra cost of running
> docker daemon looks like acceptable trade-off for LXC ease to use).
>
> --
>                         WBR, Alex.
>