Re: own kernel vs debian kernel

2003-04-20 Thread Dale Amon
On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 03:10:40AM +0100, Johannes Holzer wrote: > It's much simpler by doing it the Debian way: > make menuconfig / xconfig, whatever > make-kpkg kernel_image --revision yourkernel > Creates a nice little .deb with all the things you need, you just have > to dpkg -i it to get your

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-20 Thread Dale Amon
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 03:05:13AM +0200, Filippo Carone wrote: > What you say here may lead to confusion. A monolithic kernel doesn't > give you added security toward a modular kernel. To make the kernel a > little bit more secure I'd use grsecurity (ie to prevent code injection, > syscall hijack

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-20 Thread Dale Amon
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:09:33AM +0200, Gergely Trifonov wrote: > the linux kernel IS monolithic no matter if you enable loadable modules or > not. if you > use modules, it doesn't change the basic structure of the kernel (it is > monolithic by design). i think disabling modules on a secure ma

RE: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-17 Thread Gergely Trifonov
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Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-16 Thread Filippo Carone
* Dale Amon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ha scritto: > I roll my own; nomodules for servers or secure machines, modules for > non-secure workstations. Configure them to the specific minimum requirements > of the particular use and not one option more. What you say here may lead to confusion. A monolithic

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel

2003-04-13 Thread Luis Gomez
On Domingo, 13 de Abril de 2003 04:10, Johannes Holzer wrote: > It's much simpler by doing it the Debian way: > make menuconfig / xconfig, whatever > make-kpkg kernel_image --revision yourkernel > Creates a nice little .deb with all the things you need, you just have > to dpkg -i it to get your bzI

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel

2003-04-12 Thread Mikhail Romanenko
- Original Message - From: Johannes Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Luis Gomez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Dale Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 8:10 AM Subject: Re: own kernel vs debian kernel > > It's much simpler by doing it the Debian wa

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel

2003-04-12 Thread Johannes Holzer
Luis Gomez wrote: On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 14:35, Dale Amon wrote: I usually build on a different machine than the target one as servers or firewalls usually don't need gcc and such, which I remove from them where possible. In machines where you don't need modules, I guess you

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel

2003-04-12 Thread Johannes Holzer
Luis Gomez wrote: On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 14:35, Dale Amon wrote: I usually build on a different machine than the target one as servers or firewalls usually don't need gcc and such, which I remove from them where possible. In machines where you don't need modules, I guess you just

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-12 Thread Dale Amon
On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 06:13:51PM +0200, Luis Gomez wrote: > On S?bado, 12 de Abril de 2003 14:35, Dale Amon wrote: > > I usually build on a different machine than the target one as servers > > or firewalls usually don't need gcc and such, which I remove from them > > where possible. > > In machi

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-12 Thread Luis Gomez
On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 14:35, Dale Amon wrote: > I usually build on a different machine than the target one as servers > or firewalls usually don't need gcc and such, which I remove from them > where possible. In machines where you don't need modules, I guess you just compile and then cop

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-12 Thread Dale Amon
On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 10:55:29AM +0200, Luis Gomez wrote: > So my question is: what is the approach people take for this point? Do you, > sysadmins with lots of machines, apt-get install kernel-source, or do you > rather get an official kernel? What pros and cons has each of these points? > Am

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-12 Thread dl
The only problem I run into is my machines with more then a gig of ram... The apt-get kernel works on pretty much everything, but that ram thing always gets me ;) On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Luis Gomez wrote: > On S?bado, 12 de Abril de 2003 05:45, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > > This might be a

Re: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-12 Thread Balu Stefan
]>; Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit) On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 05:45, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > This might be a stupid question Hi all... let me ask another (probably) stupid question I've thought abo

own kernel vs debian kernel (was: ptrace exploit)

2003-04-12 Thread Luis Gomez
On Sábado, 12 de Abril de 2003 05:45, Birzan George Cristian wrote: > This might be a stupid question Hi all... let me ask another (probably) stupid question I've thought about for a long time. I always try to use precompiled software as much as possible, software coming from the official debia