Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X and hardened

2006-05-13 Thread Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo)
On Sat, 13 May 2006 11:32:49 +0200 Simon Strandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) skrev: > > On Fri, 12 May 2006 10:49:22 +0200 > > Simon Strandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I installed modular X on my server running hardened. > > > > X on a server? If it's just fo

Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X and hardened

2006-05-13 Thread Simon Strandman
Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) skrev: On Fri, 12 May 2006 10:49:22 +0200 Simon Strandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I installed modular X on my server running hardened. X on a server? If it's just for the libs that's ok, but running the X server itself is risky on a server as it's huge and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X and hardened

2006-05-12 Thread Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo)
On Fri, 12 May 2006 10:49:22 +0200 Simon Strandman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed modular X on my server running hardened. X on a server? If it's just for the libs that's ok, but running the X server itself is risky on a server as it's huge and suid so flaws can easily gain root access

Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X and hardened

2006-05-12 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Simon Strandman wrote: Hello I installed modular X on my server running hardened. It was quite annoying to have to switch back and forth betwen the vanilla gcc and the hardened. I couldn't leave it on compiling over the night but had to monitor it all the time. Is this really necessary? Why c

[gentoo-dev] Modular X and hardened

2006-05-12 Thread Simon Strandman
Hello I installed modular X on my server running hardened. It was quite annoying to have to switch back and forth betwen the vanilla gcc and the hardened. I couldn't leave it on compiling over the night but had to monitor it all the time. Is this really necessary? Why can't the modular X ecla