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So... yes. X needs direct (privileged) access to video hardware (and |
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hence DRI). |
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brant williams |
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On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Christian Heim wrote: |
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> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:53:25 +0000 |
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> From: Christian Heim <phreak@g.o> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o |
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> To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] grSecurity warnings about XFree86; Xorg also |
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> targeted? |
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> On 24/12/07 20:15 -0500, Ren? Rh?aume wrote: |
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>> Some grSecurity features have a clear warning they break XFree86 |
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>> (disable privileged IO, for example). Do those warnings apply to |
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>> modular Xorg too, as they were not updated for the last three years? |
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> Well Xorg still is XFree86, just named differntly. Just noone deemed it |
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> necessary to change the comment with that regard, as most people know |
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> Xorg == XFree86 .. |
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