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You 'll have to make a compromise. I run hardened gentoo on my laptop. |
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Everyday use requires loosening the security settings here-and-there. |
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dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus, 06-20-825-8057, 06-30-5962-962 |
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Attila Toth MD, Radiologist, +36-20-825-8057, +36-30-5962-962 |
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2010.Szeptember 17.(P) 01:35 időpontban Dale Pontius ezt írta: |
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> On 09/02/10 18:43, Radoslaw Madej wrote: |
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>> Hi Guys, |
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>> For anyone interested, I'd like to announce that the second part of my |
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>> comparison between different Linux distros and their security features |
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>> (which |
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>> includes Gentoo Hardened of course! ;) ) can be found here: |
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>> http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/notices/assessing_the_tux_strength_part_2_into_the_kernel/ |
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>> As always - all feedback is appreciated. Also please note that the |
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>> previous |
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>> feedback is not to be forgotten and I shall address these |
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>> ((-fstack-protector |
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>> vs. -fstack-protector-all, cookie strength and prelink) in my fourth |
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>> post :) |
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>> Also - congrats to Zorry for becoming the new Gentoo Hardened lead and |
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>> thanks |
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>> for all your support! :) |
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> I read this today, too. Quite interesting, but it leaves me asking a |
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> simple question... |
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> I've been running my servers for years on hardened Gentoo, but I always |
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> figured it would be too problematic for my deskside and laptop machines. |
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> Is this true? Have things gotten better, and is it perfectly reasonable |
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> to run hardened Gentoo for general purpose use? |
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> Two problem factors... My family likes YouTube and the like, and for my |
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> job I have to run proprietary binary-only software. (Silicon CAD tools) |
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> Thanks, |
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> Dale Pontius |
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