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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] enable USE=seccomp in default/linux/ profiles
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:14:45
Message-Id: 20150219191437.GS544@vapier
1 pro: improved security in daemons (often network)
2 con: some packages might pull in libseccomp (~250KB)
3
4 there shouldn't be measurable runtime overhead here as the filtering is done by
5 a JIT in the kernel itself. if the kernel lacks support for seccomp, daemons
6 generally should fallback at runtime. if they don't, people should file bugs to
7 get them fixed.
8 -mike

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