Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-18 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Adam Borowski (kilob...@angband.pl): > I'm talking about kernel not progs, and those don't get issued CVEs. 1. Kernels get CVEs. 2. The lion's share of ext4 security-sensitive bugs have been in e2fsprogs code. 3. I'm disappointed to have (by implication) politely invited you to

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Wed, 18 Jul at 2018 05:02:06 +0200 Alessandro Selli wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 at 03:21:14 +0200 > Adam Borowski wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 05:24:11PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: >>> Quoting Adam Borowski (kilob...@angband.pl): >>> Then there are local exploits. Ted Ts'o for

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 at 03:21:14 +0200 Adam Borowski wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 05:24:11PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: >> Quoting Adam Borowski (kilob...@angband.pl): >> >>> Then there are local exploits. Ted Ts'o for example keeps fuzzying >>> ext4 for years yet exploitable bugs still pop up

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 at 00:33:45 +0200 Adam Borowski wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:21:15PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> My point is that the chances there is a backdoor in the Linux kernel >> are about as high as the chances tomorrow an alien ship abducts the >> world's leaders to

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 05:24:11PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Adam Borowski (kilob...@angband.pl): > > > Then there are local exploits. Ted Ts'o for example keeps fuzzying ext4 for > > years yet exploitable bugs still pop up frequently -- usually just DoS but > > arbitrary code execution

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Adam Borowski (kilob...@angband.pl): > Then there are local exploits. Ted Ts'o for example keeps fuzzying ext4 for > years yet exploitable bugs still pop up frequently -- usually just DoS but > arbitrary code execution isn't unheard of. I've read a lot of e2fsprogs CVEs, and cannot

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:21:15PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > My point is that the chances there is a backdoor in the Linux kernel > are about as high as the chances tomorrow an alien ship abducts the world's > leaders to take them captive to another solar system Actually, it's pretty

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 12:26:29 -0500 Эльбрус Кондратьев wrote: > Many people around forgets that the mission of the US National Security > Agency encompasses to 'stay on top' of everything they consider > themselves 'exceptional' and above the rule of law. It's their job to > intervene, hack

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Эльбрус Кондратьев
On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 10:01 -0700, spiralofhope wrote: > On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:53:17 +0200 > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > This discussion seems bordering on conspiracy theories. Those claim > > that something might be true and sow fear, uncertainty and doubt. > > I consider it a god of the

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Antony Stone
On Tuesday 17 July 2018 at 19:20:08, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-07-17 12:04, spiralofhope wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:52:53 +0200 Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 15:16:27 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > > Jimmy, you've just won a free procmail trip to

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread Rowland Penny
On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:20:08 -0500 goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-07-17 12:04, spiralofhope wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:52:53 +0200 > > Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 15:16:27 -0400 > >> Steve Litt wrote: > >> > >> > Jimmy, you've just won a free procmail trip

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread golinux
On 2018-07-17 12:04, spiralofhope wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:52:53 +0200 Alessandro Selli wrote: On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 15:16:27 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > Jimmy, you've just won a free procmail trip to /dev/null on my > computer. Isn't this a stylish way to put it? :-) aka "plonk".

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread spiralofhope
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:52:53 +0200 Alessandro Selli wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 15:16:27 -0400 > Steve Litt wrote: > > > Jimmy, you've just won a free procmail trip to /dev/null on my > > computer. > > Isn't this a stylish way to put it? :-) aka "plonk". For anyone young:

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-17 Thread spiralofhope
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:53:17 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > This discussion seems bordering on conspiracy theories. Those claim > that something might be true and sow fear, uncertainty and doubt. I consider it a god of the gaps argument. There are blind spots in the many eyes, and there

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-10 Thread vmlinux
* Also worth noting this quote at the bottom of TFA: "Oh, Christ. It was obviously a joke, no government agency has ever asked me for a backdoor in Linux," Torvalds told Mashable via email. * Apologies for top posting with crappy mobile app On July 9, 2018 11:41:10 PM CDT, KatolaZ wrote: ::

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 05:02:52AM +0200, arne wrote: [cut] > > Hi, > > I don't remind which kernel. > but is was in the press for sure: > USA authorities were given a backdoor > in the kernel. > Could have been 2.6 > For security, fighting criminals whats however. > > There was absolutely

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread terryc
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:17:07 +0200 arne wrote: > > I think Devuan devs have more important things to do that looking > > for a pin in a haystack. > > > > > Alessandro > > I totally agree. > > Hard to find that pin. Errr, try opening your eyes. Since the floppies came out, there have

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel? Foreign countries began to develop their own kernels

2018-07-09 Thread arne
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Good sources tell me we need our own kernel, do we have one? > Thanks. > > > This last week I've been testing Slackware and I see Patrick is > dealing with systemd too, Slackware 14.2 is on what seems to be a > ASCII system, except ASCII

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:02:52 +0200, arne wrote in message <20180710050252.3494d2af@fx4100>: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:03:11 +0200 > KatolaZ wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 11:52:41PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > > > Hi again, > > > > > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:49, info at smallinnovations dot

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread arne
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:03:11 +0200 KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 11:52:41PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:49, info at smallinnovations dot nl escribió: > > > I am not a kernel guy so maybe i am asking a stupid question; but > > > what other parts

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 16:15:20 +0200 Antony Stone wrote: [...] Oh my, who are these guys? Received: from pikantus.localnet (cable-78-34-34-47.netcologne.de [78.34.34.47]) by formal.dehy.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id w69EFPKD030503

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 20:47:01 +0200 marc wrote: > Hello Jimmy > > > Today Linux is pretty much owned by the NSA, including it's developers, > > not many educated eyes out there anymore to spot and report malware. > > Things have changed. > > So there is a nice poster around with a grumpy

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 at 17:35:01 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/07/2018 05:03 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 >> Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> >>> Good sources tell me we need our own kernel, >> >>Why? What's wrong with the available ones? > > >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 15:16:27 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > Jimmy, you've just won a free procmail trip to /dev/null on my > computer. Isn't this a stylish way to put it? :-) Alessandro ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Jimmy Johnson - 09.07.18, 12:00: > On 07/09/2018 02:53 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Hi Katola. > > > > KatolaZ - 09.07.18, 09:51: > >> On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 03:52:48PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >>> On 07/08/2018 02:49 PM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > On 08-07-18 23:32,

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 03:53:01 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:22 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > I guess we need to calm down a bit here? Martin expressed his > > view. You Jimmy expressed yours, and nobody asked you to get/stay > > out of the way. I presume you should give to the opinions

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting KatolaZ (kato...@freaknet.org): > This is not a definitive citation, but looks like a concrete starting > point for a rational discussion: > > https://outflux.net/blog/archives/2016/10/18/security-bug-lifetime/ Kees Cook has always done really good work. > TL;DR: The article shows

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread marc
Hello Jimmy > Today Linux is pretty much owned by the NSA, including it's developers, not > many educated eyes out there anymore to spot and report malware. Things have > changed. So there is a nice poster around with a grumpy cat saying "The NSA broke my internet, so I am building a GNU one". I

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:06:55 +0200 KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:06:12PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > > > On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: > > > Literally anybody can get the sources of the Linux kernel and

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:59:11AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] > > > [PDF]D-Bus in the Kernel - LinuxCon 2014, Tokyo, Japan > > https://events.static.linuxfound.org/sites/events/files/slides/linuxconjapan2014.pdf > > > GitHub - "dbus-like" code for the Linux kernel >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread terryc
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 07:59:11 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > KatolaZ, I came looking for help. Reading a linux kernel requires > knowledge of software engineering, I don't have that knowledge or > experience, even if I open kernel source I would have no idea what I > was looking at. I just want

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Dave Turner
On 09/07/18 15:59, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 04:17 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:02:23AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] Well some of those kernel experts are

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:15:20PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 09 July 2018 at 16:10:02, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > Actually the Linux kernel is the most scrutinized and secure piece of > > software that's around. > > Interesting claim. > > Citation/s? > This is not a

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 04:17 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:02:23AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check your kernel.

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 16:15:20 +0200 Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 09 July 2018 at 16:10:02, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >> Actually the Linux kernel is the most scrutinized and secure piece of >> software that's around. > > Interesting claim. > > Citation/s?

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:03:11 +0200, KatolaZ wrote in message <20180709090311.dfizki4zlq6ru...@katolaz.homeunix.net>: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 11:52:41PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:49, info at smallinnovations dot nl escribió: > > > I am not a kernel guy

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 09 July 2018 at 16:10:02, Alessandro Selli wrote: > Actually the Linux kernel is the most scrutinized and secure piece of > software that's around. Interesting claim. Citation/s? Antony. -- Don't procrastinate - put it off until tomorrow.

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 18:06:12 +1000 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: >> Literally anybody can get the sources of the Linux kernel and read >> through it. So I guess your fears are somehow unjustified... > >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 at 14:24:32 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/08/2018 02:25 AM, Antony Stone wrote: > > On Saturday 07 July 2018 at 14:03:33, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> > >>> Good sources > > > > Who / where? > >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jim Jackson
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > > > > > > > > > Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check your > > > kernel. > > > Also how you

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread terryc
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 13:34:44 +0200 KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 09:30:48PM +1000, terryc wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:09:14 -0700 > > Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > > > There's a big difference, I'm not the one trying to stop people > > > from taking a interest an their distros

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Rowland Penny
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 13:27:03 +0200 KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 12:15:27PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > Jimmy, please either put up or shut up. > > If there are 'backdoors' in the kernel code, tells us where they > > are, if you cannot or will not, just shut up.

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 09:30:48PM +1000, terryc wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:09:14 -0700 > Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > There's a big difference, I'm not the one trying to stop people from > > taking a interest an their distros security and you are. No more > > reply's to you unless you show

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread terryc
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:09:14 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > There's a big difference, I'm not the one trying to stop people from > taking a interest an their distros security and you are. No more > reply's to you unless you show a interest in helping find malware in > this distro. 1: I already

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 12:15:27PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote: [cut] > > Jimmy, please either put up or shut up. > If there are 'backdoors' in the kernel code, tells us where they are, > if you cannot or will not, just shut up. > Again, please, let's do our best to keep this discussion

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread terryc
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:02:23 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > >> > >> > >> Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check > >> your kernel. Also how you

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:02:23AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > > > > > > > > > Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check your > > > kernel. > >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Rowland Penny
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 04:02:23 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > >> > >> > >> Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check > >> your kernel. Also how you

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 09 July 2018 at 12:53:01, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:22 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > > > I guess we need to calm down a bit here? Martin expressed his > > view. You Jimmy expressed yours, and nobody asked you to get/stay out > > of the way. I presume you should give to the

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 04:01 AM, Antony Stone wrote: On Monday 09 July 2018 at 12:42:40, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 03:16 AM, KatolaZ wrote: There are lots of people out there who understand a lot more about the Linux kernel than many of us here. I simply decided to trust them, collectively,

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 09 July 2018 at 13:02:23, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > what I know is out there for all to read. So give us some URLs to what you have already found. Or are you just trying to waste our time? Antony. -- The first fifty percent of an engineering project takes ninety percent of the time,

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check your kernel. Also how you respond to this thread speaks volumes. Please, share some relevant links then, and let us

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 09 July 2018 at 12:42:40, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 03:16 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > > > > There are lots of people out there who understand a lot more about the > > Linux kernel than many of us here. I simply decided to trust them, > > collectively, because I know that nobody can

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:53:01AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] > > > > > > uh?!? o_O > > > > I guess we need to calm down a bit here? Martin expressed his > > view. You Jimmy expressed yours, and nobody asked you to get/stay out > > of the way. I presume you should give to the opinions

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] > > > Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check your kernel. > Also how you respond to this thread speaks volumes. Please, share some relevant links then, and let us understand what you are talking

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 03:22 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:00:22AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] This discussion seems bordering on conspiracy theories. Those claim that something might be true and sow fear, uncertainty and doubt. Some parts of conspiracy theories may turn out to

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 03:16 AM, KatolaZ wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 02:50:56AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 01:53 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 01:06 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: Literally

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:00:22AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] > > > > This discussion seems bordering on conspiracy theories. Those claim that > > something might be true and sow fear, uncertainty and doubt. Some parts > > of conspiracy theories may turn out to have been true, like for

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 02:50:56AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/09/2018 01:53 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > On 07/09/2018 01:06 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: > > > >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 02:53 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Hi Katola. KatolaZ - 09.07.18, 09:51: On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 03:52:48PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/08/2018 02:49 PM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: On 08-07-18 23:32, aitor_czr wrote: Hi Jimmy, El 08/07/18 a las 23:24, Jimmy

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Katola. KatolaZ - 09.07.18, 09:51: > On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 03:52:48PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > On 07/08/2018 02:49 PM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > > > On 08-07-18 23:32, aitor_czr wrote: > > > > Hi Jimmy, > > > > > > > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:24, Jimmy Johnson escribió: >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 01:53 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/09/2018 01:06 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: Literally anybody can get the sources of the Linux kernel and read through it. So I guess your fears are somehow

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:06:12PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: > > Literally anybody can get the sources of the Linux kernel and read > > through it. So I guess your fears are somehow

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 11:52:41PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi again, > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:49, info at smallinnovations dot nl escribió: > > I am not a kernel guy so maybe i am asking a stupid question; but what > > other parts besides the official kernel from kernel.org would you > >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/09/2018 01:06 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: Literally anybody can get the sources of the Linux kernel and read through it. So I guess your fears are somehow unjustified... There were long standing

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/07/18 17:51, KatolaZ wrote: > Literally anybody can get the sources of the Linux kernel and read > through it. So I guess your fears are somehow unjustified... There were long standing problems with openssl -- the source code was fully

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 09 July 2018 at 09:53:06, KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 01:17:58AM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > > [cut] > > > > Something way over my head. > > > Anybody friends with Klaus Knopper? Or has other sources for help? > > > Maybe someone from Puppy Linux? > > > > I think you're

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 01:17:58AM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: [cut] > > Something way over my head. > > Anybody friends with Klaus Knopper? Or has other sources for help? > > Maybe someone from Puppy Linux? > > I think you're confusing the Linux kernel with GNU/Linux distributions. > > You

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 03:52:48PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/08/2018 02:49 PM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > > On 08-07-18 23:32, aitor_czr wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jimmy, > > > > > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:24, Jimmy Johnson escribió: > > > > Thoughts? Volunteers? > > > > > > I

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 01:17:58 +0200, Antony wrote in message <201807090117.58753.antony.st...@devuan.open.source.it>: > On Monday 09 July 2018 at 00:52:48, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > I don't think Linus is trying to hide anything, he just can't talk > > about a backdoor and will deny a backdoor

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Lars Noodén
On 07/09/2018 01:52 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > I don't think Linus is trying to hide anything, he just can't talk > about a backdoor and will deny a backdoor if you ask him about one. If you watch the video of when he was asked that question up front at a conference there is a clear "no" sound

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 05:55:29PM -0500, Эльбрус Кондратьев wrote: > > The war on privacy will continue, so I'll suggest to take sustainable > positions. The need of control and 'power' in some people, and the need > to follow orders in others, stands ingrained in their psychological > makeup,

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/07/2018 05:03 AM, Alessandro Selli wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: Good sources tell me we need our own kernel, Why? What's wrong with the available ones? Devuan is there someone that can at lest look at the Debian kernel? Thanks, -- Jimmy

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/08/2018 04:46 PM, terryc wrote: On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 15:52:48 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: Something I haven't done but maybe a kernel source package can be opened to expose what is in there? Something way over my head. I'll admit it has become complicated and it is now a while since

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread terryc
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 15:52:48 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Something I haven't done but maybe a kernel source package can be > opened to expose what is in there? Something way over my head. I'll admit it has become complicated and it is now a while since I've compiled my own kernel from sources,

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/08/2018 04:17 PM, Antony Stone wrote: On Monday 09 July 2018 at 00:52:48, Jimmy Johnson wrote: I don't think Linus is trying to hide anything, he just can't talk about a backdoor and will deny a backdoor if you ask him about one. If there is a backdoor, and he denies it, then he's

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 09 July 2018 at 00:52:48, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > I don't think Linus is trying to hide anything, he just can't talk about > a backdoor and will deny a backdoor if you ask him about one. If there is a backdoor, and he denies it, then he's hiding something. If he's not hiding anything,

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Эльбрус Кондратьев
On Sun, 2018-07-08 at 14:24 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 07/08/2018 02:25 AM, Antony Stone wrote: > > On Saturday 07 July 2018 at 14:03:33, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> > >>> Good sources > > > > Who / where? > > > You have

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/08/2018 02:49 PM, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: On 08-07-18 23:32, aitor_czr wrote: Hi Jimmy, El 08/07/18 a las 23:24, Jimmy Johnson escribió: Thoughts? Volunteers? I also would like to see devuan including its own kernel. I can help on packaging stuff.   Aitor. I am

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread aitor_czr
Hi again, El 08/07/18 a las 23:49, info at smallinnovations dot nl escribió: I am not a kernel guy so maybe i am asking a stupid question; but what other parts besides the official kernel from kernel.org would you install? Or leave out? I would leave out binary blobs :)   Aitor.

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread info at smallinnovations dot nl
On 08-07-18 23:32, aitor_czr wrote: > > Hi Jimmy, > > El 08/07/18 a las 23:24, Jimmy Johnson escribió: >> Thoughts? Volunteers? > > I also would like to see devuan including its own kernel. I can help > on packaging stuff. > >   Aitor. > > > > > > ___ >

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Jimmy, El 08/07/18 a las 23:24, Jimmy Johnson escribió: Thoughts? Volunteers? I also would like to see devuan including its own kernel. I can help on packaging stuff.   Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/08/2018 02:25 AM, Antony Stone wrote: On Saturday 07 July 2018 at 14:03:33, Alessandro Selli wrote: On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: Good sources Who / where? You have to do a lot of reading, the information is out there going back to 2012 the main source

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-08 Thread Antony Stone
On Saturday 07 July 2018 at 14:03:33, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > > Good sources Who / where? > > tell me we need our own kernel, > > Why? What's wrong with the available ones? > > > Alessandro Antony. -- "Measuring average

Re: [DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-07 Thread Alessandro Selli
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 10:52:20 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Good sources tell me we need our own kernel, Why? What's wrong with the available ones? Alessandro ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

[DNG] A Devuan kernel?

2018-07-06 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Good sources tell me we need our own kernel, do we have one? Thanks. This last week I've been testing Slackware and I see Patrick is dealing with systemd too, Slackware 14.2 is on what seems to be a ASCII system, except ASCII seems to be just a little bit more sable in audio and video. I