Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: Jason Rexilius <jason@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Cc: Hostedlabs Development <development@×××××××××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Kernel 2.6.16
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 00:40:45
Message-Id: 481E56E4.2090104@hostedlabs.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-hardened] Kernel 2.6.16 by Remigiusz Modrzejewski
1 I am very interested.. That would rock.
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3 Is there anything I can do to help.. testing, doc?
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7 Remigiusz Modrzejewski wrote:
8 > Hi,
9 >
10 > As those interested in kernel development know, 2.6.16 is a stable branch
11 > maintained continuously by Adrian Bunk. It's feature-frozen since 2005, but
12 > still patched against all applicable advisories. Therefore it's probably much
13 > more secure than current versions.
14 >
15 > Wouldn't it be nice (and easy) to have sys-kernel/hardened-sources made of
16 > 2.6.16.60?
17 >
18 > If there's no big interest in it, I'll still prepare a version for me. A piece
19 > of my hardware got struck down by a regression in newer kernels, that's not
20 > likely to go away.
21 >
22 > Kind regards,
23 > Remigiusz 'lRem' Modrzejewski
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