On Ter, 2014-11-11 at 12:50 +0100, Felix morack wrote: > Like so many people i am still running 4.12 due to the "hardening" > issues.
what people ? > yes, i reported a bunch of them back when we first started, and yes i > have since tested all versions up to 4.18. where ? > We are now nearing a point where i cant deploy 4.12 anymore due to > formal security regulations, so i have to get serious about this now. > > I am therefore looking for a detailed, technical description of this > new 'feature' and why devs think it is necessary. > > Yes, i have the code, but a high level reasoning would be very > helpful, especially what has changed with version 4.12. Specifically i > am looking for documentation "between" the source code and the manual. > Does such a documentation exist in public? Any technical discussion of > it perhaps? > > Background is that i am think about deploying my own custom build with > hardening disabled. I remember I have to enable h ardening feature on kernel modes (.ko) at some point and hardening feature should be enabled , for security reasons . But I'd like to know what "hardening feature issues" do we have . Thanks, > Which is pretty insane, but there is no chance in hell anything post > 4.12 ends up even in proximity to systems whose stability i am > responsible for. > > > tb > > > p.s. does vmware have such a feature? How do they handle it? > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
