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From: Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Which profile?
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:40:28
Message-Id: 1234291225.8709.6.camel@hangover
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Which profile? by Thomas Sachau
1 On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 19:17 +0100, Thomas Sachau wrote:
2 > Cyprien Nicolas schrieb:
3 > > 2009/2/10 Matthew Summers <msummers42@×××××.com>:
4 > >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Tom Hendrikx <tom@×××××××××.net> wrote:
5 > >>> Clemente Aguiar schreef:
6 > >>>> I understand that the profiles where updated recently (last year?).
7 > >>>>
8 > >>>> Available profile symlink targets:
9 > >>>> [1] hardened/amd64 *
10 > >>>> [2] hardened/amd64/multilib
11 > >>>> [3] selinux/2007.0/amd64
12 > >>>> [4] selinux/2007.0/amd64/hardened
13 > >>>> [5] default/linux/amd64/2008.0
14 > >>>> [6] default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop
15 > >>>> [7] default/linux/amd64/2008.0/developer
16 > >>>> [8] default/linux/amd64/2008.0/no-multilib
17 > >>>> [9] default/linux/amd64/2008.0/server
18 > >>>> [10] hardened/linux/amd64
19 > >>>>
20 > >>>> Available profile symlink targets:
21 > >>>> [1] hardened/x86/2.6 *
22 > >>>> [2] selinux/2007.0/x86
23 > >>>> [3] selinux/2007.0/x86/hardened
24 > >>>> [4] default/linux/x86/2008.0
25 > >>>> [5] default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop
26 > >>>> [6] default/linux/x86/2008.0/developer
27 > >>>> [7] default/linux/x86/2008.0/server
28 > >>>> [8] hardened/linux/x86
29 > >>>>
30 > >>>>
31 > >>>> I would like to know what hardened profile I should use when I build new
32 > >>>> machines? (AMD64 as well as x86)
33 > >>>>
34 > >>>> Thanks.
35 > >>>>
36 > >>>>
37 > >>>>
38 > >>> A few days ago I switched an x86 machine from "default/linux/x86/2008.0"
39 > >>> to "hardened/linux/x86/2008.0/server" after some arbitrary rummaging in
40 > >>> the profiles directory. This gave me no problems other than the expected
41 > >>> gcc-4 -> gcc-3 downgrade.
42 > >>>
43 > >>> I'm not sure why this profile isn't listed in the eselect profile
44 > >>> listing above. It doesn't give me a big fat "unsupported profile"
45 > >>> warning though...
46 > >>>
47 > >>> Regards,
48 > >>> Tom
49 > >>>
50 > >>
51 > >> This is a confusing situation. I am currently using
52 > >> /usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/2008.0.
53 > >>
54 > >> This is not explicitly listed in the output of 'eselect profile list'.
55 > >>
56 > >> Perhaps we could sort this out on the list & then I will write a quick doc
57 > >> to place in the hardened web space to assist other users.
58 > >>
59 > >> --
60 > >> M. Summers
61 > >>
62 > >> "...there are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something."
63 > >> - Thomas A. Edison
64 > >>
65 > >
66 > > On #gentooo-hardened, I got this answer :
67 > >
68 > > Feb 04 20:10:51 <Tommy[D]> Anyone can say, which profile of the 2
69 > > hardened ones are supported here?
70 > > Feb 04 20:12:01 <gengor> Tommy[D]: use hardened/${ARCH}/2.6
71 > >
72 > > But it was not listed by Clemente for amd64
73 > >
74 > > --
75 > > Cyprien
76 > >
77 > >
78 >
79 > So he should use either /hardened/amd64 or /hardened/amd64/multilib. If i rememember it right, the
80 > other profile (/hardened/linux/* ) is not under control by the hardened team and because of that not
81 > supported.
82
83 Correct.
84
85 amd64 #1 or #2 (suggested #2)
86 x86 #1
87
88
89 --
90 Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
91 Gentoo Linux

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Which profile? Clemente Aguiar <ca-lists@××××××××××××××××.pt>