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From: Matt Poletiek <chill550@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Switching to hardened
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:49:56
Message-Id: 1d624cdd0610050647ya52a555u4046781b7c85f74a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Switching to hardened by Matt Poletiek
1 Or a reinstall is possible.
2 http://gentoo-wiki.com/Reinstall_Gentoo_keeping_your_old_configuration
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4 On 10/5/06, Matt Poletiek <chill550@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > As far as I know a switch is impossible if you are running latest
6 > glibc. Downgrading is not a good idea at all and I dont think portage
7 > will let you do it. I heard something about SELinux switching to glibc
8 > 2.4 so there should be gcc-4.1-hardened not far off.
9 >
10 > On 10/5/06, Darknight <darknight7@×××××××.it> wrote:
11 > > I want to switch from vanilla to hardened toolchain (no kernel right now).
12 > > Problem: the box is a production server, and no, I can't build a new one at
13 > > present.
14 > > Is the switch totally foolproof and safe?
15 > > -or-
16 > > Would you recommend to wait until I can rebuild an hardened machine from
17 > > scratch and migrate data?
18 > >
19 > > Thank you for help
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27 > Matthew Poletiek
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