On 11/06/12 04:26, Jens Kasten wrote: > > > Am 2012-06-08 22:32, schrieb Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón: >> On 08/06/12 21:40, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >>> On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:06:37 +0300 >>> Alex Efros wrote: >>> >>>> Actually, I see no reasons to NOT use hardened on desktops. >>> >>> Maybe many more would if there was an easy and quick to install and >>> maintain compiled distro. More users more compatibility too, I'd guess. >>> >>> Not suggesting there should be, just stating a reality. >>> >>> Anyone know why hardened debian and was it adamantix died off? >>> >> >> Hardened debian had to change their name by adamantix because debian >> forbid the use of his name. >> It dissapeared because hardened gentoo appeared, and one distro >> maintained by one user (Peter Busser) is a hard and crazy task. > > Hmm because gentoo hardened? I am not sure about that. > Adamantix was RSBAC specific not grsecurity or SELinux. > I switch to gentoo hardened after adamantix was not maintained anymore. >
Hi Jens, Yes, I'm sure, the main goal of adamantix was to create a distribution with PIE and SSP to use over a rsbac kernel, goal that made hardened gentoo later. At the beginning rsbac was supported in gentoo and maintained by Kang.
