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My ability to keep up on these things comes and goes as I'm sure |
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everyone's does, so I just noticed this: |
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http://lwn.net/Articles/313621/#Comments |
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For those of us who clearly see the benefit of the PaX/Grsecurity |
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patchset, but don't have enough kernel programming knowledge to directly |
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contribute (I'm sure there are many of us out there), I'm curious, what |
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can we do to help ensure (even parts of) the project's survival, either |
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in or out of the mainline kernel? |
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Unfortunately I work for a state facing a major deficit, so sponsorship |
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by my "company" isn't really a possibility, though your idea of NSA |
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sponsorship intrigues me. Has that, or some other form of grant, been |
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pursued? |
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How much "sponsorship" would be required? |
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Would lobbying or other efforts to get certain features ready for |
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mainline kernel inclusion help or does that go against the |
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PaX/Grsecurity teams' wishes? |
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What would those features be? Should users be polled for what they'd |
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like to see attempted first? |
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Is this even the right place to discuss such a proposal? Probably other |
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distros like Debian would be interested in the project's survival as |
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well, however in my experience the gentoo-hardened list has generally |
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been more active than the grsecurity one. |
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For what it's worth I made my donation today. |
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Thanks again, |
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Brian |
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atoth@××××××××××.hu <atoth@××××××××××.hu> 2008-12-29 06:22: |
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> While Grsecurity 2.1.12 has been officially released, an alarming message |
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> has been also included in the announcement. |
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> http://www.grsecurity.net/news.php#grsec2112 |
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> If no sponsors will be found in a few months, Grsecurity can be expected |
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> to become discontinued. |
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> |
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> I encourage every individuals for a small donation (I've already done) and |
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> companies using the software to consider sponsoring Brad & PaxTeam. |
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> |
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> I personally could donate $10 monthly for keeping the essential, crucial |
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> piece of patch alive. If every user could make a small donation the |
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> project could be saved by an effort of the community. |
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> |
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> If I were the US cabinet, I would immediately instruct NSA to save |
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> Grsecurity & PaX. |
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> |
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> Regards, |
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> Dw. |
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> -- |
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> dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus, 06-20-825-8057, 06-30-5962-962 |
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> Attila Toth MD, Radiologist, +36-20-825-8057, +36-30-5962-962 |
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