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On Sunday 31 August 2003 13:14, John Nilsson wrote: |
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> Some requirement thoughts: |
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> A network of gentoo hosts should have only one portage processing server |
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> and any number of installation leafs. |
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> First of all portage needs to easily handle more than one installation. |
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> Second the "leaf-installations" should have a very strict minimum |
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> requiremnts. |
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> Third redundancy is probably important. The information to restore a |
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> lost "leaf" should be availible on booth the portage host and on the |
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> leaf it self. |
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I think this is something sorely needed. I'm reading some books on securing |
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Linux servers and on a bastion host (or any host in a DMZ for that matter) |
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there should not be a compiler or any include files. The reason why is if |
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the system were compromised it would limit the cracker from compiling and |
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installing a root kit. As it stands right now, a Gentoo based system |
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requires gcc, includes, and all their friends to operate and be managable |
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(Note: Gentoo alone does not have this problem. RedHat, Debian, and every |
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kitchen sink distro does the same). |
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I like Gentoo, but it is not a viable option to the security concious and |
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enterprises because it does not support such a feature in addition to |
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central package management. Gentoo is no alone however. |
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For reference, the book I am reading is "Building Secure Servers with Linux" |
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(ISBN: 0-596-00217-3). The book is written by Michael D. Bauer and |
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published by O'Reilly. |
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