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From: Mivz <mivz@×××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened Kernel 2.4 / 2.6 and portage configuration
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:13:46
Message-Id: 4385D8E7.1020200@alpha.spugium.net
1 When I use the hardened portage profile (/usr/portage/profiles/hardened/x86)
2 I can not merge a 2.6 kernel. It reports it is masked by profile.
3 Then a again. When I want to use SELinux it is advised to use a 2.6 kernel.
4 This is no problem whit the SELinux profile.
5 But when the SELinux distro is hardened, why can't I use a 2.6 kernel
6 whit the default hardened profile?
7 Is 2.6 not secure enoughe? Is 2.6 onley secure enoughe whit SELinux enabled?
8
9 What does the hardened/SELinux profile actually do, except for the
10 CFLAGS, LDFLAGS and the package masks? Could I just use a normal profile
11 and add the correct flags to my make.conf?
12 Or are the use flags (hardened, pic and pie) enough to build a Hardened
13 Gentoo system and will the ebuilds addapt the FLAGS to those?
14
15 Mivz
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