Re: NSA software in Debian
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:17:03 -0800
Andrew Merenbach <andrew@merenbach.com> wrote:
> I just decided to try this out the other day on my Wheezy 7.3 install.
> It wasn't that painful and I haven't noticed any performance impact or
> misbehaving (read: broken) programs, at least not yet. Then again, I
> haven't done real benchmarks.
Yes, most features doesn't make significant performance impact.
> It appears that this patch is available in the apt repos under the
> "kernel" section (sensibly enough) as:
>
> linux-patch-grsecurity2
>
> Once it's downloaded, it patches the kernel in an automated fashion and
> doesn't force a reboot (although I believe you still need one to make it
> effective, I suppose).
AFAIK, it's for kernel 3.2.21, I don't see how could it work with
Wheezy kernel - 3.2.51.
> That said, since it's a kernel patch, /caveat emptor/... your mileage
> may vary. And maybe some prefer to customize the options for the patch
> being applied. ;)
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