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Hi all, |
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I've noticed a lot of people are interested in security patches for the gentoo kernel. I've been busy integrating a couple of nice patches in the gentoo 2.4.18 kernel and here are the results. |
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http://www.pcswebdesign.nl/patches/util-linux-2.11l-crypto.patch.gz |
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http://www.pcswebdesign.nl/patches/linux-2.4.18-gentoo-secure.patch.gz |
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The first is the util-linux patch of the kerneli project, but upgraded to the util-linux-2.11l package (I've used the stock package, but I cannot remember if the gentoo util-linux has been patched). It makes losetup, mount and umount to work with encrypted filesystems. |
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The second patch is a collection, it includes the kerneli patch (encrypted filesystems), rml's netdev-random patches (lets netwerk devices contribute to the random entropy) and the grsecurity patch (version 1.9.4). |
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It should apply cleanly to the gentoo 2.4.18 kernel. |
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NOTE: The grsecurity patch had a couple of tricky failed hunks, so it could be unstable! I am running a stability test at this moment and should know more about the stability after the weekend, be careful when using it! |
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I hope you have some use for these patches and use them wisely :). |
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Regards, |
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Peter Gnodde |
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