Re^3: un-installing perl core modules inside a freebsd jail

Well there are a bunch of modules that can access the net ( if thats what you are trying to block ) and this thread has some ways to find all modules installed.

Regarding Perl breaking - I cannot think of any core module that allows for access to the internet ( and so removal of that will break the system ); Since I am not a 100% sure, you should, like I said earlier, keep them in a different location just so you can put them back if your OS were to break - you can do that from the main system.

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Re^4: un-installing perl core modules inside a freebsd jail by Anonymous Monk on Feb 20, 2013 at 16:01 UTC
I think the low level networking functions (socket, bind, listen, connect) are built in to Perl. If that is the case, then you can't prevent internet access by removing modules. I'm not a freebsd person, but perhaps a more complete approach would be to address this via OS and network.	[reply]
Re^5: un-installing perl core modules inside a freebsd jail by talexb (Chancellor) on Feb 21, 2013 at 00:51 UTC
Agreed -- from a security point of view, it makes much more sense just to block networking in general for this process. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re^5: un-installing perl core modules inside a freebsd jail by gideondsouza (Pilgrim) on Feb 21, 2013 at 09:01 UTC
Yep. I plan on using a freebsd jail with no ip support at all. So I've got that covered already. :) Was just thinking of pushing it	[reply]