# Are LXC and Docker secure?

DevFeed: [Are LXC and Docker secure?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/are-lxc-and-docker-secure-27098.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://andrea.corbellini.name/2015/02/20/are-lxc-and-docker-secure/>)

Author: andreacorbellini

Published: 2015-02-20T16:36:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Andrea Corbellini](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/andrea-corbellini.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Linux Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-kernel.md>)

Tags: [cgroups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cgroups.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [information-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/information-technology.md>), [linux-kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-kernel.md>), [lxc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lxc.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines the security boundaries of LXC and Docker, explaining what container isolation provides, what it does not provide, and how default configuration affects the ability to run untrusted code.

## Source excerpt

Since its initial release in 2008, LXC has become widespread among servers. Today, it is becoming the preferred deployment strategy in many contexts, also thanks to Docker and, more recently, LXD. LXC and Docker are used not only to achieve modular architecture design, but also as a way to run untrusted code in an isolated environment. We can agree that the LXC and Docker ...