>> >> >> What else would you recommend for me? >> >> > >> >> > I'd suggest to completely ignore the grsec (low/med/high) options and >> >> > use the Hardened Gentoo level in the hardened-sources all the time. >> >> > >> >> > Xorg should not cause problems unless you are stuck using 3rd party >> >> > binary drivers. Most of us are using a hardened X setup. >> >> >> >> Excellent, thank you. You think the "Hardened Gentoo (workstation)" >> >> and "Hardened Gentoo (server)" grsecurity setups are adequate >> >> low-maintenance solutions? >> > >> > >> > Re: "low maintenance" >> > I'm not sure we can dumb down the hardening efforts anymore than we >> > already have. It's all pretty transparent and seems mostly like a normal >> > install of anything else. The ELF's are just smarter. >> >> Low maintenance definitely. Is the security OK? > > Please think before you type and hit send. > > Pretend you have 0 extra security now. Then you take an entire project > that devotes itself to proactive security measures. It enables features > that are security based. So 0 vs 1... > >> >> What does a hardened profile do for my server? >> > >> > Enables things to match the kernel options/blocks things that conflict. >> >> Is the grsecurity "Hardened Gentoo (workstation)" setting useful >> without the hardened profile? > > Of course it is. Is your make menuconfig (read help) broken? > > We are also getting way off topic here and this thread is going on for a > week. the orig question was answered with a simple "yes". If you have > lots of interactive new questions, jump on irc where you can learn more > in an hour than you can in two months of playing ping/pong on the list.
Fair enough, thanks to everyone for their help. - Grant
