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On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 01:16, Allen Parker wrote: |
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> Hey Ned, solar, hardened folks... |
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> I've got a couple of pennies to throw into this mix: |
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> Even though my own participation (due to work schedules - 3 jobs |
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> doesn't leave a whole lot of time for other stuff) has waned, I |
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> believe that your hardened toolchain is top-notch. Yes, it's bleeding |
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> edge, it's not mature, etc... that doesn't mean we should have a |
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> partial-birth abortion. Hardened has been around for a while, yes, but |
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> if you spend 10 minutes in #gentoo you'll see, a LOT of our users |
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> aren't prepared for something as in-depth as hardened. |
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> Gentoo currently LEADS linux distributions in configurability in |
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> regards to hardened/selinux/security. Bar NONE! For the experienced, |
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> hardened *can't* be replaced by anything out there. If I had the skill |
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> level to assist in any way, I'd be the first guy in line to help. |
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> Unfortunately, my experience is more limited to finding |
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> non-programming solutions to get the job, whatever that job may be, |
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> done. Perhaps this thread will catch someone's eye, someone that CAN |
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> help, at least drum up some user support. |
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> Solar, before reading your email, I had no idea that you were feeling |
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> like that. Maybe we can get someone with a *little* more experience |
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> than me, perhaps a trusted user/non-dev that can be a bug-filter? |
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> To the hardened community: If you can afford the time, check |
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> bugs.gentoo.org for hardened bugs... if there are bugs that you know |
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> of that are FUD, email a list of bug #'s to your favorite hardened |
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> dev, after replying with a solution to the particular user, whether or |
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> not it's a PEBKAC issue or not. |
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> that's all for me, gotta head back to work *sigh* |
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Don't panic yet.. |
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So far I have been getting good feedback from some users and atleast one |
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potential developer in some mails off list. I plan to put a detailed |
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mail together in as few days and mail the interested parties and |
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hopefully assemble a larger more professional team so we can fully |
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continue to offer these types of technologies and continue to push fwd |
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together. |
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> |
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> Allen Parker |
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> infowolfe@××××××××××××.net (when i'm online) #/tmp #gentoo-hardened #gentoo-dev. |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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Gentoo (hardened,security,infrastructure,embedded,toolchain) Developer |