>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Jeff> <quote who="Peter Chubb">
>> There are cases where rebuilding your kernel, with specific
>> options, patches, etc., *is* desireable to obtain particular
>> security goals.

Jeff> Totally agree. But it is not *required*, nor is the act of
Jeff> compiling the important part of the process.

I agree ---  the hardest (and most important) bit is first coming up
with a reasonable security policy, and then working out how to
implement it.

-- 
Dr Peter Chubb  http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au  peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
The technical we do immediately,  the political takes *forever*
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