Secure operating system/web server systems and methods

A web server comprising:

• an interface with a wide area network;
• a parent operating system;
• a plurality of executive jails to be created in virtual roots associated therewith and within the parent operating system and to be disk read-only as accessed by users over the interface with the wide area network interface;
• a plurality of administrative jails to correspond to the plurality of executive jails and to be created within virtual roots associated therewith and within the parent operating system and to be hidden from the executive jails, the parenting operating system to be hidden from the executive jails and from the administrative jails;
• a user configuration information to be cross mounted from a first of the administrative jails in to a first of the executive jails to correspond to the first administrative jail.

A method comprising:

• creating virtual roots for a plurality of executive jails within a parent operating system;
• setting privileges associated with each of the executive jails to disk read-only for users accessing the executive jails via an interface with a wide area network.
• creating virtual roots for a plurality of administrative jails corresponding to the plurality of executive jails within the parent operating system;
• hiding the administrative jails from the executive jails;
• hiding the parent operating system from the executive jails and from the administrative jails;
• and
• cross mounting a user configuration information from a first of the administrative jails in to a first of the executive jails corresponding to the first administrative jail.