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From: Kerwin Hui <kwkhui@××××.net>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] hardened profile for desktops?
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:02:55
Message-Id: 20120608232708.21319ae5@gentoo-main.kwkh-home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] hardened profile for desktops? by "Aaron W. Swenson"
1 On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:15:40 -0400
2 "Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o> wrote:
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7 > On 06/08/2012 04:34 AM, Alex Efros wrote:
8 > > Hi!
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10 > > On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 12:44:26AM -0700, Grant wrote:
11 > >> I started a discussion on gentoo-user about the fact that the
12 > >> hardened profile appears to only be for servers and not desktops.
13 > >> I thought I'd check with you guys on this. Is that the case?
14 > >
15 > > I'm using hardened on desktop in last ~6-7 years. And I know at
16 > > least two people who also use hardened on desktop.
17 > >
18 >
19 > You now know three.
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21 +another 1 here. Started playing with hardened on my desktop about 18
22 months ago with 2.6.38 (or was it .39? Can't remember.) kernel.
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24 The lack of desktop profile shouldn't stop you from using the default
25 hardened profile and customising your USE flags. I think the desktop
26 profile is just adding a bunch of unnecessary USE flags (udisks and
27 xulrunner, for example).
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29 Kerwin.

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