Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Jun 1998 18:55:48 -0400 (EDT) | From | Doug Elznic <> | Subject | Re: Secure-linux and standard kernel |
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On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > How come the secure-linux patches are not incorporated into the standard > > kernel? Are there any current plans to implement stronger security to the > > standard kernel? > > I folded some bits of it into 2.0.34 where it was relevant to a general > purpose OS (eg securelevel bits). The part of the patch that does segment > register checking broke too much stuff so it went out. I am very interested in securing the kernel and user level programs. What types of security measures are being worked on within the standard kernel? I have seen a lot of patches floating around that are thier to harden linux, e.g. route's patch to make pingd in userland.
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