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On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 12:31 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> >> >> What else would you recommend for me? |
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> >> > I'd suggest to completely ignore the grsec (low/med/high) options and |
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> >> > use the Hardened Gentoo level in the hardened-sources all the time. |
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> >> > Xorg should not cause problems unless you are stuck using 3rd party |
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> >> > binary drivers. Most of us are using a hardened X setup. |
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> >> Excellent, thank you. You think the "Hardened Gentoo (workstation)" |
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> >> and "Hardened Gentoo (server)" grsecurity setups are adequate |
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> >> low-maintenance solutions? |
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> > Re: "low maintenance" |
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> > I'm not sure we can dumb down the hardening efforts anymore than we |
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> > already have. It's all pretty transparent and seems mostly like a normal |
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> > install of anything else. The ELF's are just smarter. |
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> Low maintenance definitely. Is the security OK? |
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Please think before you type and hit send. |
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Pretend you have 0 extra security now. Then you take an entire project |
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that devotes itself to proactive security measures. It enables features |
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that are security based. So 0 vs 1... |
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> >> What does a hardened profile do for my server? |
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> > Enables things to match the kernel options/blocks things that conflict. |
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> Is the grsecurity "Hardened Gentoo (workstation)" setting useful |
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> without the hardened profile? |
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Of course it is. Is your make menuconfig (read help) broken? |
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We are also getting way off topic here and this thread is going on for a |
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week. the orig question was answered with a simple "yes". If you have |
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lots of interactive new questions, jump on irc where you can learn more |
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in an hour than you can in two months of playing ping/pong on the list. |
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