Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: "Anthony G. Basile" <basile@××××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] hardened profile for desktops?
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:02:39
Message-Id: 4FD5B2EC.5080803@opensource.dyc.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] hardened profile for desktops? by "Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón"
1 On 06/11/2012 01:20 AM, Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón wrote:
2 > On 11/06/12 04:26, Jens Kasten wrote:
3 >>
4 >>
5 >> Am 2012-06-08 22:32, schrieb Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón:
6 >>> On 08/06/12 21:40, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
7 >>>> On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:06:37 +0300
8 >>>> Alex Efros wrote:
9 >>>>
10 >>>>> Actually, I see no reasons to NOT use hardened on desktops.
11 >>>>
12 >>>> Maybe many more would if there was an easy and quick to install and
13 >>>> maintain compiled distro. More users more compatibility too, I'd guess.
14 >>>>
15 >>>> Not suggesting there should be, just stating a reality.
16 >>>>
17 >>>> Anyone know why hardened debian and was it adamantix died off?
18 >>>>
19 >>>
20 >>> Hardened debian had to change their name by adamantix because debian
21 >>> forbid the use of his name.
22 >>> It dissapeared because hardened gentoo appeared, and one distro
23 >>> maintained by one user (Peter Busser) is a hard and crazy task.
24 >>
25 >> Hmm because gentoo hardened? I am not sure about that.
26 >> Adamantix was RSBAC specific not grsecurity or SELinux.
27 >> I switch to gentoo hardened after adamantix was not maintained anymore.
28 >>
29 >
30 > Hi Jens, Yes, I'm sure, the main goal of adamantix was to create a
31 > distribution with PIE and SSP to use over a rsbac kernel, goal that made
32 > hardened gentoo later.
33 >
34 > At the beginning rsbac was supported in gentoo and maintained by Kang.
35 >
36
37 I'm supporting it again.
38
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