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Ned Ludd wrote: |
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>I really never wanted to send a mail like this but I don't know what |
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>else to do. ;/ |
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>Due to low positive feedback and user input I'm considering dropping the |
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>hardened toolchain and retiring from non commercial proactive security |
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>efforts. ie pulling the patches developed that brings you |
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>pie/ssp/relro/now/etc.. |
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I only get chance to scan the list occasionally, but have just seen |
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this. I can easily understand your position, but it will certainly be a |
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very sad day if we lose this functionality. |
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I don't have the time or abilities to step up to the plate myself, but I |
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guess the least I can offer is some interest from the user base that |
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this work is *very* appreciated. |
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As an aside, there seems to be something peculiarly difficult about |
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getting all these various new linux security enhancements into working |
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practice. I have been investigating vservers, and user-mode-linux |
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recently, and both seem to be rather hard to get working completely with |
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a modern 2.6 kernel. Hardened compiler is at least the bare min that |
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one can easily add to a basic install. |
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I hope you get the support that you need.. |
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So long and thanks for all the patches... |
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Ed W |
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