Alle 19:18, giovedì 27 aprile 2006, Warren Wilder ha scritto: > Yes, I have. I am in the post-HLFS stage, so to speak. > It is more difficult, but I'm sure I am learning a lot more in the process. > > I am using it, because I have the hardware for it. > I have one of these mini-itx Via Epia boards, which I am building into a > PVR. It has various weird non-PVR-like extras on board, such as a > hardware number generator and encryption support. > The HLFS system is making proper use of these things, so that is a plus. > > On the software side, the HLFS system is probably a bit slower but a lot > more secure. ( Slower, as in nanoseconds in execution time, not in > actually noticeable slower performance. ) > Be prepared to recompile things again and again after you have finished > the book, because not all software out there can be molded into a 'safer > shape' easily. But sofar it is still doing everything I want it to do. > > I see it as BLFS, but better/more, sort of. > But without the hardware I have, I wouldn't have started it.
what hardware ahe you? > The safety > the system offers probably isn't worth the required effort, if it > becomes a non server machine. > But hey, if you want to learn, go nowhere else. The satisfaction is a > lot higher. :-) > > Warren how can I appreciate LFS hardening ? thankyou [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
