Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: Aaron Held <aaron@×××××××.com>
To: Jerome Brown <jerome@××××××.nz>
Cc: Gavin Vess <Gavin@××××.com>, gentoo-hardened@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] ebuild signing, Harden What?, Use Scenario
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:18:52
Message-Id: 3E7B5785.8030200@MetroNY.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-hardened] ebuild signing, Harden What?, Use Scenario by Jerome Brown
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3 >user, and then suggest a method for those who do not know which will
4 >suit them the best. This is where the subjectiveness of the bug history
5 >could best be put into practice, as the documentation author can clearly
6 >state their preference/recommendation and why they recommend that,
7 >without offending the more advanced users who want to do it 'their way'.
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11 I like this:
12 We should assist ebuild authors to let the default build be more secure,
13 maybe something more transparent to the user for now. Like if there is a
14 USE=Hardened then install the package w/ ACL's - if not then install the
15 traditional way.
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17 -Aaron
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