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6.17. Resources

• The DeveloperWorks article LXC: Linux container tools45 was an early introduction to the use of containers.

45 https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lxc-containers/

• The Secure Containers Cookbook46 demonstrated the use of security modules to make containers more secure.

• Manual pages referenced above can be found at:

capabilities47 lxc.conf48

• The upstream LXC project is hosted at linuxcontainers.org49.

• LXC security issues are listed and discussed at the LXC Security wiki page50

• For more on namespaces in Linux, see: S. Bhattiprolu, E. W. Biederman, S. E. Hallyn, and D. Lezcano. Virtual Servers and Check- point/Restart in Mainstream Linux. SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, 42(5), 2008.

46 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lxc-security/index.html

47 http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/en/man7/capabilities.7.html

48 http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/en/man5/lxc.conf.5.html

49 http://linuxcontainers.org

50 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/LxcSecurity

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