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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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