From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LFFov-0005t9-PG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:33:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B030EE085A; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:33:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f12.google.com (mail-bw0-f12.google.com [209.85.218.12]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46E60E085C for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so712940bwz.10 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:33:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=bPug6R/mQZEeFQALyMRJkZy94Q+LJZJvohLuZaB1/I4=; b=cjCSXxhDlFspXySFah4IhYBDcR2reW3eHtoJq3pp+YODBulCXj6CzRJi3SbU8vygxZ LcXMP7ZsVyX7sIH06fenQeBciycvSiAYrdQQ3gM0xHFmGSm6FP2bAOKQMmw1JnHWugU/ kbWCvCvzA1XJdHgO0w5yj9uBQav5vTEaQcwfQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=ufdp45+rcyAMRyL00e0+cXQbPZTQayQsjEMA8/j8NwsRdEzsAcHgvr8sscP1DdFomw TKIWbECHoIchjZrP1k0+t0LRZ6akCzSgn7bR8mFnwbRtJvHy5hrLk12XaUKoSlPIdgdb e6cJxkHWXm/ZmHGxaUmXeTXhmuINgtHZgJExo= Received: by 10.180.205.1 with SMTP id c1mr2888116bkg.143.1230071486826; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:31:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.204.12 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:31:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10812231431o3aae7973nacbfdda0226097f7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:31:26 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Profile switch: hardened to non-hardened? In-Reply-To: <49515B9F.4030006@moremagic.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-hardened@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10812231323t7b5371eaj6a082f56f17b01e0@mail.gmail.com> <49515B9F.4030006@moremagic.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4e29b5f9-cd02-436b-ab2d-fbc36f6cfb64 X-Archives-Hash: fb8e70d8f769039aa406d8ad4749a0d3 > I've been able to do so; basically I switched over to the standard profile, > disabled selinux in the kernel, and re-emerged system for new use flags. > There were some other details but overall the process was pretty painless, > anyone ambitious enough to configure a hardened system can probably handle > the switch without much problem. Not that I'm encouraging you to drop > hardened (especially on a laptop that could be exposed to random wifi > networks ;-) Does a properly configured hardened kernel on a non-hardened profile help with that type of thing? - Grant >> Can I switch my laptop's profile from a hardened one to a non-hardened >> one? I thought this was impossible without a complete reinstall but >> folks on the gentoo-user list seem to think it's not a problem. >> >> - Grant