Docker without root

A lot of developers are not aware running a Docker container as root is risky security wise. A container is still isolated with the isolation of LXC, but running as root means it’s running as the same root as the on the host. An attacker gaining access to the container can thus do some damage since he has root access. There are multiple ways to avoid running as root but there are also many challenges that we address in the following....

June 4, 2021 · 4 min · Quentin McGaw