[gentoo-dev-announce] New Hardened subproject: Integrity

[gentoo-dev-announce] New Hardened subproject: Integrity

[Sven Vermeulen]

The Gentoo Hardened team is proud to announce the startup of a new
subproject on system integrity. Its goal is to support all integrity-related
technologies in Gentoo Linux, offering good integration, tools and
documentation to help users in setting up a more secure, managed
environment, fully in line with the Gentoo Hardened vision. 

The first focus will be on supporting the Linux IMA/EVM technology within
Gentoo Linux. It will support the necessary kernel patches, utilities and
documentation to make integrity checks, compliance and reporting available
to the wider public. The primary focus is to prevent offline tampering of
files and images: when this occurs, the boot-up of the system detects the
tampering and refuses to load further (or report this to the administrator).
Online tampering detection is a second step.

Next to the integrity subsystem within Linux (IMA/EVM), this project will
also support the various trusted computing technologies (such as TPM
support) through well-documented guides and tools. 

More information about this project is at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/integrity/index.xml

Wkr,
	Sven Vermeulen