Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:13:59 -0500 (EST) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH} 2.6 and grsecurity |
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:15:46 PST, Chris Wright said: > > * Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu) wrote: > > > Here's the patch, versioned against 2.6.3-rc3-mm1. Comments? > > > > Aside of the dubious security value...the typical no #ifdefs apply here. > > Agreed - the only one that seems at all a *big* win is randomizing PID's > (and even there it probably should default a higher value for pid_max to > increase the search space). But as long as I was looking at it anyhow.. :)
How is this a big win? Looks like cargo cult security to me.
> > > + * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this softwar > e > > > + * must display the following acknowledgement: > > > + * This product includes software developed by Niels Provos. > > > > Advertsing clause...this is not GPL compatible. >
> Or they OK because they're only doing a separately distributed patch?
No.
- james -- James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
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