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On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 17:05 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> >> What else would you recommend for me? |
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> > I'd suggest to completely ignore the grsec (low/med/high) options and |
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> > use the Hardened Gentoo level in the hardened-sources all the time. |
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> > Xorg should not cause problems unless you are stuck using 3rd party |
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> > binary drivers. Most of us are using a hardened X setup. |
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> Excellent, thank you. You think the "Hardened Gentoo (workstation)" |
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> and "Hardened Gentoo (server)" grsecurity setups are adequate |
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> low-maintenance solutions? |
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Re: "low maintenance" |
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I'm not sure we can dumb down the hardening efforts anymore than we |
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already have. It's all pretty transparent and seems mostly like a normal |
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install of anything else. The ELF's are just smarter. |
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> What does a hardened profile do for my server? |
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Enables things to match the kernel options/blocks things that conflict. |
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