bytesidekick

Docker is trending after engineers proved containers don't actually exist in the Linux kernel—and Docker's founder confirmed it. A container is literally five kernel features in a trench coat: namespaces, cgroups, and pivot root. Running with privileged drops protections and grants effective host root. Even worse: Docker rewrites iptables, bypassing UFW firewalls and exposing published database ports to the internet unless you bind to 127.0.0.1. Did you think containers were actual VMs? #docker #devops #cybersecurity