On 11/12/2014 02:18 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote: > 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 .
Although it's not explicitly mentioned so far, I'm pretty sure the hardening issue being discussed in this thread is regarding hardening on Windows hosts only. Also, @ original poster: there is no VirtualBox "4.12" version, are you referring to 4.1.2 or 4.3.12 or something else? (Just for the sake of correctness) Regards, Ram. > 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 _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
