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I often read that (docker) containers are not good for security. What are secure methods of creating secure isolated environments to run questionable programs in?

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I’ve read that standard containers are optimized for developer productivity and not security, which makes sense.

But then what would be ideal to use for security? Suppose I want to isolate environments from each other for security purposes, to run questionable programs or reduce attack surface. What are some secure solutions?

Something without the performance hit of VMs

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There are multiple use cases I have in mind, but one of them is running proprietary software I don’t outright trust. For example, zoom video conferencing for work, or steam for games.

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Try firejail and flatseal for that.

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Docker isnt build to run these type of Programms. You should look into sandbox environments to test these apps.

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