on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 04:40:12PM +0000, Dale Amon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 06:46:51AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > Having a team that shares experience and combines talents in > > patching a kernel and tuning it to secure configurations is a > > preferable approach. While you _might_ do well on your own, the > > typical admin doesn't have these skills. The group security profile > > is likely better on a group-configured kernel. Mind you might > > compile on your own, but you're at least starting from a better > > base. > > You make it sound like it was difficult ;-) > > Seriously, building and patching your own kernels is rather easy > except on the bleeding edge experimental kernels. Well... I've rolled my own in the past. OTOH, I've been wrestling with a build error for 2.4.23 for the past couple of days of intermittent, half-hearted efforts, for an undefined reference in drivers/char/drm/drm.o. This stuff is great when it works. When it doesn't, I learn an appreciation for Herber Xu's majick. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? So it is down to you, and it is down to me. If you wish her dead, by all means, keep moving forward. - Princess Bride
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