[gentoo-user] hardened-sources...what?

2011-09-22 Thread Michael Mol
I'll assume for the moment that the hardened-sources patch set discussed includes security improvements. My question is...what kinds? For what reason is there a set of "makes it more secure" patches that aren't integrated into the mainline kernel? Are they just not stable in some fashion? Do they

Re: [gentoo-user] hardened-sources...what?

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > I'll assume for the moment that the hardened-sources patch set > discussed includes security improvements. > > My question is...what kinds? For what reason is there a set of "makes > it more secure" patches that aren't integrated into the mainl

Re: [gentoo-user] hardened-sources...what?

2011-09-22 Thread Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)
El 22/09/11 22:20, Michael Mol escribió: > My question is...what kinds? Well mainly the PaX and the grsecurity patches. I also heard there is a WIP in bringing RSBAC back again too. > For what reason is there a set of "makes > it more secure" patches that aren't integrated into the mainline > ker

Re: [gentoo-user] hardened-sources...what?

2011-09-22 Thread Mike Edenfield
On 9/22/2011 5:51 PM, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) wrote: El 22/09/11 22:20, Michael Mol escribió: My question is...what kinds? Well mainly the PaX and the grsecurity patches. I also heard there is a WIP in bringing RSBAC back again too. Does gentoo-sources include the SELinux

Re: [gentoo-user] hardened-sources...what?

2011-09-22 Thread Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)
El 23/09/11 01:02, Mike Edenfield escribió: > On 9/22/2011 5:51 PM, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) wrote: >> El 22/09/11 22:20, Michael Mol escribió: >>> My question is...what kinds? > >> Well mainly the PaX and the grsecurity patches. I also heard there is a >> WIP in bringing RSBAC ba