Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:51:30 -0800 | From | "Barry K. Nathan" <> | Subject | Re: thoughts on kernel security issues |
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 08:48:57PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Quite frankly, nobody should ever depend on the kernel having zero holes. > We do our best, but if you want real security, you should have other > shields in place. exec-shield is one. So is using a compiler that puts
That reminds me...
What are the chances of exec-shield making it into mainline anytime in the near future? It's the *big* feature that has me preferring Red Hat/Fedora vendor kernels over mainline kernels, even on non-Red Hat/Fedora distributions. (I know that parts of exec-shield are already in mainline, but I'm wondering about the parts that haven't been merged yet.)
-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
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