Check out www.getrewted.net for an interesting thread 'Need help compiling
patch statistics' on the real world impact of openwall and grsecurity, etc.
So far there doesn't seem to be any statistics, but they are trying to
compile them.
Andrew Hoying
- Original Message -
From: "Dale Long"
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> > How much more secure does the Open Wall patch really make Linux in real
> > terms and not academic terms?
>
> What's the difference between "real terms" and "academic terms"?
The list of advertised features vs their real impact.
> My view is, anyth
Hello,
Now that I'm using Linux 2.4.5 I started playing around with some of the
other file systems available. I've found that using tmpfs as a replacement
for linux and the /dev/ram* devices works great for the /tmp directory and
the /var/log directory.
The tmpfs file system, for those who are u
Everyone,
With the help of Eric, I'm going to upgrade our web site this coming Sunday
morning. I hope that our site will be down for less than five minutes. If
there are problems I will let everyone know.
--
Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://leaf.sourceforge.net/
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Dale Long wrote:
> I was wondering...
> How much more secure does the Open Wall patch really make Linux in real
> terms and not academic terms?
Finding a line between real and academic is pretty tough when the
academics write exploits and root kits :-) Some of the SSH1 holes
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Daniel Quinlan wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, mike marseglia wrote:
>
> >> Has anyone taken a look at Midori Linux?? It has just been released
> >> by Transmeta and has been built w/ internet apps in mind. It's got
> >> cool support for stuff like.. a Flash ROM-based filesys
Dale Long wrote:
> How much more secure does the Open Wall patch really make Linux in real
> terms and not academic terms?
What's the difference between "real terms" and "academic terms"?
My view is, anything that is reliable and improves security is worth
it. Thus, OpenWall qualifies, and it
I was wondering...
How much more secure does the Open Wall patch really make Linux in real
terms and not academic terms?
Dale.
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