Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: old kernels are installed during the upgrade
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:34:34
Message-Id: 20180105123422.GA22675@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: old kernels are installed during the upgrade by Rich Freeman
1 The most heavily exposed application will be your web browser. It
2 runs various foreign code directly on your machine...
3
4 * web assembler
5 * java
6 * javascript
7 * ecmascript (part of Adobe Flash)
8
9 I wonder if it's possible to compile a web browser with protection
10 against the exploits, but turn it off for other apps. That would
11 protect against external attacks, while not hurting local app speed.
12
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14 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
15 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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