From ce702b02da103d5751386cdf6248902203e6b985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ahrenholz Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:41:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] improve intro --- wiki/Namespaces.wiki | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/wiki/Namespaces.wiki b/wiki/Namespaces.wiki index 5bc5831a..3c929263 100644 --- a/wiki/Namespaces.wiki +++ b/wiki/Namespaces.wiki @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ = Introduction = -Linux network namespaces is a lightweight container-based virtualization that is part of the mainline 2.6.27+ Linux kernel. A virtual network stack can be associated with a process group. +Linux network namespaces is a lightweight container-based virtualization that is part of the mainline 2.6.27+ Linux kernel. A virtual network stack can be associated with a process group. This is similar to the FreeBSD jail mechanism. + +Each namespace has its own loopback device and process space. Virtual or real devices can be added to each network namespace, and you can assign IP addresses to these devices and use them as a network node. = CORE Namespaces HOWTO =