Thanks for the info on this. I'll try out GRSec 1.9.2. Are there any Debian packages, besides the actual patch itself, that i need to download (or perhaps would be benefitial in supplementing GRSec, even if not required)?
Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Coker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:31 PM Subject: Re: LSM or GRSecurity > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:14, Jason Lim wrote: > > So you just applied the kernel patches (they work on 2.4.17, right?), and > > that should be it? Blah... I know I should be installing the package and > > Yes, it just works! > > I started with Linux when patching your own kernel was expected, and > something you did regularly. So I've never had any aversion to patching > kernels, running beta kernels on servers, etc. I can understand how you > might get nervous about it though. > > One thing to note with grsecurity, lsm, and probably many other kernel > patches is that the feature set that's available depends on the version of > the kernel you use. The current grsecurity kernel-patch package has two > versions of the patch, 1.9.2 for kernels >= 2.4.16 and 1.8.9 for kernels <= > 2.4.14. I am not sure which version you'll get if you apply it to 2.4.15. > > -- > If you send email to me or to a mailing list that I use which has >4 lines > of legalistic junk at the end then you are specifically authorizing me to do > whatever I wish with the message and all other messages from your domain, by > posting the message you agree that your long legalistic sig is void. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
