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List:       gentoo-hardened
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-hardened] Kernel 2.6.16
From:       Jason Rexilius <jason () hostedlabs ! com>
Date:       2008-05-05 0:37:56
Message-ID: 481E56E4.2090104 () hostedlabs ! com
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I am very interested.. That would rock.

Is there anything I can do to help.. testing, doc?



Remigiusz Modrzejewski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As those interested in kernel development know, 2.6.16 is a stable branch 
> maintained continuously by Adrian Bunk. It's feature-frozen since 2005, but 
> still patched against all applicable advisories. Therefore it's probably much 
> more secure than current versions. 
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice (and easy) to have sys-kernel/hardened-sources made of 
> 2.6.16.60? 
> 
> If there's no big interest in it, I'll still prepare a version for me. A piece 
> of my hardware got struck down by a regression in newer kernels, that's not 
> likely to go away.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Remigiusz 'lRem' Modrzejewski
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