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<title>For servers: hardened-sources and hardened-dev-sources</title>
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<title>For servers: hardened-sources, hardened-dev-sources and
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rsbac-sources</title>
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The following USE-flags can be set to select optional patches:
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<c>rsbac-sources</c> contains patches to use Rule Set Based Access Controls
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(RSBAC) and comes in 2.4 and 2.6 flavours. It is maintained by the 
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<uri link="/proj/en/hardened/rsbac/">RSBAC project</uri>, a subproject of 
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Gentoo Hardened.
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<tr><th>Flags</th><th>Description</th></tr>
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These kernels provide powerful patches for enhanced security. Please read the
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<tr><ti>selinux</ti><ti>Substitute grSecurity with SELinux support</ti></tr>
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<uri link="/proj/en/hardened/">documentation</uri> before you use them.
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The <c>mm-sources</c> are based on the <c>development-sources</c> and contain
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The <c>mm-sources</c> are based on the <c>vanilla-sources</c> and contain
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Andrew Morton's patch set. They include the experimental and bleeding-edge
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Andrew Morton's patch set. They include the experimental and bleeding-edge
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features that are going to be included in the official kernel (or that are
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features that are going to be included in the official kernel (or that are
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going to be rejected because they set your box on fire). They are known to be
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going to be rejected because they set your box on fire). They are known to be
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If you really want to live on the edge and you think
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If you really want to live on the edge and you think
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<c>development-sources</c> are for wussies, then try out
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<c>vanilla-sources</c> are for wussies, then try out
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<c>mm-sources</c>. Be warned that this kernel is highly experimental and
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<c>mm-sources</c>. Be warned that this kernel is highly experimental and
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doesn't always work as expected.
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doesn't always work as expected.
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<title>selinux-sources</title>
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<c>selinux-sources</c> from <uri>http://www.nsa.gov/selinux</uri> are 
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patches for the security conscious to support the LSM (Linux Security 
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Modules) and the Flask Security Architecture.
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<title>usermode-sources</title>
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<c>selinux-sources</c>, a 2.4 kernel including lots of security enhancements,
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<c>selinux-sources</c>, a 2.4 kernel including lots of security enhancements,
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has been obseleted by security development in the 2.6 tree.
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has been obseleted by security development in the 2.6 tree. SELinux
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functionality can be found in the <c>hardened-sources</c> and
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