On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 07:37:10PM +0100, Aidan Johnstone wrote:
>>> Specifically, I'm interested in just the HARDEN_{PROC,LINK,FIFO}
>>> portions of the patch, so I thought I'd ask first, in case there is a
>>> split version anywhere.
>> Why not just build kernel only with that options set (without stack
>> protection etc.)? :-)
> I "inherited" a couple of machines that need a kernel upgrade
> (they're running a really ancient 2.4.24), and the person that
> looked after these machines unfortunately passed away.
Hmm... that should be really heavy heritage.
> All I was left was a big ol' kernel patch over 4Mb in size that
> applies to said kernel 2.4.24,
Four? Megabytes?
Can I look at this patch? If yes, please put it somewhere in the Net
(gzipped) and give an URL here or at feedback AT owl.openwall.com -
possibly, we should be able to advise something.
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Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
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