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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-hardened] Re: Required Priorities (Security) = slow server
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:02:47
Message-Id: CAN0CFw1zXtUz-re6Vp0S4bmE8F3RByrrD59DmhowtXctd5oJFw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-hardened] Required Priorities (Security) = slow server by Grant
1 > I recently moved my server from:
2 >
3 > 3.2.11-hardened
4 > Security Level (Hardened Gentoo [server])
5 >
6 > to:
7 >
8 > 3.4.5-hardened
9 > Configuration Method (Automatic)
10 > Usage Type (Server)
11 > Virtualization Type (None)
12 > Required Priorities (Security)
13 >
14 > and http became extremely slow. Some pages that would normally
15 > execute in 1 second would take 10 seconds or more. There is a lot of
16 > php and perl server-side stuff so the slowdown may have been rooted in
17 > that. I changed to Required Priorities (Performance) and everything
18 > sped back up to normal. My laptop was moved to the following at the
19 > same time and I didn't notice any performance change:
20 >
21 > 3.4.5-hardened
22 > Configuration Method (Automatic)
23 > Usage Type (Desktop)
24 > Virtualization Type (None)
25 > Required Priorities (Security)
26 >
27 > Is this sort of behavior expected from a server?
28 >
29 > - Grant
30
31 This may have been a false alarm. I think I've been having
32 intermittent network problems to part of the internet. Can anyone
33 confirm that the above config shouldn't slow down an http server?
34
35 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Re: Required Priorities (Security) = slow server Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen@×××××××××.de>