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On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Dec 10, 2011 8:50 PM, "LinuxIsOne" <[1]linuxisone@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> ----- >8 snip |
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> > I have come to conclusion that almost all Linux work almost in the |
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> > same way since they have the same kernel, however, this is what I |
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> > think. |
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> I don't mean to scare you, but most Linux distros work differently. |
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> First, there might be differences in how they install a package. |
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> There's RPM, apt, pacman, portage, and others. |
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> Second, there are differences in the "init" system. Gentoo users |
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> OpenRC, Ubuntu uses upstart, and others use SysVinit, systemd, and so |
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> on. |
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> And even you can't guarantee that the kernels are the same. Many |
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> distros introduce their own distro-specific patches to the vanilla |
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> kernel. With Gentoo, it's even more complicated, as most experienced |
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> Gentooroids will configure and compile their own kernels. |
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> (The last paragraph, however, is the reason why Gentoo is so secure: |
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> attackers can't be sure that the vuln they're targeting is located at |
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> the right spot, *if* the vuln exists at all. Throw in hardened patches |
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> like GrSecurity, PAX, and SELinux... well, you get the idea.) |
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Probably he doesn't; one has to learn a bit before any of this will |
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make sense to them. Imagine having this converstaion with your |
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great-aunt Agnes... ;) |
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> ((No wonder NASDAQ uses Gentoo for its infrastructure)) |
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Indeed. |
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