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From: pageexec@××××××××.hu
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Security Level: high/server/workstation/virtualization
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:41:39
Message-Id: 4F2319DB.31458.2EAA7D20@pageexec.freemail.hu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Security Level: high/server/workstation/virtualization by Alex Efros
1 On 27 Jan 2012 at 22:19, Alex Efros wrote:
2
3 > Hi!
4 >
5 > Two small notes related to security level defaults:
6 >
7 > 1) On my system vmware reboot host OS when starting guest OS if any one
8 > (or both) of these are enabled:
9 >
10 > CONFIG_PAX_KERNEXEC (enabled by default on workstation security level)
11 > CONFIG_PAX_MEMORY_UDEREF
12
13 vmware needs patching to work with these features, i think there's a bug or two
14 open about this in the gentoo bugzilla already.
15
16 > 2) When wireshark started by non-root user this option kill all my
17 > processes (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379369):
18
19 can you generate a coredump and see what the backtrace shows?

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Security Level: high/server/workstation/virtualization Alex Efros <powerman@××××××××.name>