Re: [gentoo-hardened] Iptables ebuild digest verification failed

2008-12-07 Thread Matt Poletiek
Thanks a ton! On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Thomas Sachau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Poletiek schrieb: >> I need some advice on this one. Never seen anything like it and am >> wondering if it's a cause for concern... >> >> >> These are

[gentoo-hardened] Iptables ebuild digest verification failed

2008-12-07 Thread Matt Poletiek
I need some advice on this one. Never seen anything like it and am wondering if it's a cause for concern... These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies -!!! Digest verification failed: !!! /usr/portage/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.4.0-r1.ebuild !!! R

Re: [gentoo-hardened] latest kernel exploit patch for vmsplice coming?

2008-02-11 Thread Matt Poletiek
I am young, I am inexperienced when it comes to OSS development, I have only minor programming experience, however I am probably one of the biggest fans of the hardened-gentoo project. I have a good knowledge base when it comes to security and it would kill me to see one of the best security projec

Re: [gentoo-security] Linux Kernel Local Root Exploit

2008-02-11 Thread Matt Poletiek
This doesnt bypass Trusted Path Execution does it? If not, is it safe to say users in that special group can still be trusted? On Feb 11, 2008 9:19 AM, Michael W Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2008 10:09 AM, Dominik Paulus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Octavio Ruiz wrote:

Re: [gentoo-hardened] paxtest

2007-10-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
What about the hardened and pic USE flags in the hardened profile? Are those still of use? Also, is there a way to test ssp functionality against return to function (memcpy and strcpy) ? On 10/23/07, Ned Ludd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 16:55 -0600, Matt Polet

Re: [gentoo-hardened] paxtest

2007-10-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
TED]> wrote: > On 23 Oct 2007 at 21:03, Javier Martínez wrote: > > > 2007/10/23, Matt Poletiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Any idea why when I add -fstack-protector-all and -fstack-protector to > > > CFLAGS paxtest still compiles with -fno-stack-protector &g

[gentoo-hardened] paxtest

2007-10-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
Any idea why when I add -fstack-protector-all and -fstack-protector to CFLAGS paxtest still compiles with -fno-stack-protector -fno-stack-protector-all ? -- Matthew Poletiek www.chill-fu.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-hardened] Recomended paxctl flags for /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd

2007-10-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
Ok, that clears up some confusing. So changing the perms of /var/qmail/plugins worked Now I need to debug my plugin :/ Thanks for the help On 10/23/07, Adam James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:15:05 -0600 > "Matt Poletiek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[gentoo-hardened] Recomended paxctl flags for /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd

2007-10-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
Hey guys, I was attempting to write a plugin for my qmail-spp enabled netqmail package when I ran into the following issue... hackdmz control # nc localhost 25 220 hackdmz.net ESMTP ehlo test 250-hackdmz.net 250-STARTTLS 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 0 250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN mail from [EMAIL

Re: [gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-24 Thread Matt Poletiek
# # PaX # CONFIG_PAX=y # # PaX Control # # CONFIG_PAX_SOFTMODE is not set CONFIG_PAX_EI_PAX=y CONFIG_PAX_PT_PAX_FLAGS=y # CONFIG_PAX_NO_ACL_FLAGS is not set CONFIG_PAX_HAVE_ACL_FLAGS=y # CONFIG_PAX_HOOK_ACL_FLAGS is not set # # Non-executable pages # CONFIG_PAX_NOEXEC=y # CONFIG_PAX_PAGEEXEC is n

Re: [gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-24 Thread Matt Poletiek
AIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24 Aug 2007 at 1:32, Matt Poletiek wrote: > > > So did hardened-gentoo become more strict or did apache become more relaxed? > > i think neither, it's probably an issue with the vma mirroring > code that i rewrote for 2.6.22 (to reduce its pe

Re: [gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-24 Thread Matt Poletiek
${APACHE2} ${APACHE2_OPTS} -t among all the combinations I tried I could only get apache running with -PemRXs :/ On 8/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24 Aug 2007 at 1:52, Matt Poletiek wrote: > > > I dont have strace available at the moment, but I can say that

Re: [gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-24 Thread Matt Poletiek
I dont have strace available at the moment, but I can say that paxctl -PemRXs /usr/sbin/apache2 did alleviate the problem in the newer kernel. On 8/24/07, Matt Poletiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So did hardened-gentoo become more strict or did apache become more relaxed? > >

Re: [gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-24 Thread Matt Poletiek
So did hardened-gentoo become more strict or did apache become more relaxed? On 8/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23 Aug 2007 at 23:14, Matt Poletiek wrote: > > > What I found in the error_log was > > > > Syntax error on line 242 of /etc/

Re: [gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
ROTECTED]> wrote: > Le vendredi 24 août 2007, Matt Poletiek a écrit: > > Hey guys, > > Hi, > > > Wondering if anyone has any advice on an issue I ran into when I > > tried to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.21-r1 to 2.6.22-r2. > > > > Everything else seemed t

[gentoo-hardened] apache memory conflict with kernel upgrade

2007-08-23 Thread Matt Poletiek
Hey guys, Wondering if anyone has any advice on an issue I ran into when I tried to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.21-r1 to 2.6.22-r2. Everything else seemed to work fine except apache 2.0.58. For some reason it wouldnt start. What I found in the error_log was Syntax error on line 242 of /etc/apach

Re: [gentoo-hardened] Idea behind different ebuilds sec-policy/selinux-*

2007-06-10 Thread Matt Poletiek
My guess would be that the man power behind Gentoo/Portage has their own priorities? In my opinion, developers with security as a top priority are still fairly obscure. Can we say demand? On 6/10/07, Krzysztof Kozłowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Marek Wróbel wrote: > But there are many modules

Re: [gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Poletiek
ut I'm about 99% sure you don't need to recompile your userland. Since you're using a hardened stage compiler flags should all be set correctly too, and that's what really matters... Regards, Michael Op zondag 20-05-2007 om 04:32 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Matt Poletiek: &g

Re: [gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Poletiek
Im guessing this might require a toolchain/userland rebuild if COMPAT_VDSO is the culprit since a recompile-reboot didnt change the output of paxtest. Can anyone validate this? On 5/20/07, Matt Poletiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yup, I sure do have that enabled. I am pretty sure I didnt

Re: [gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Poletiek
5/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 20 May 2007 at 2:19, Matt Poletiek wrote: > PaX ---> > Non-executable pages ---> > [*] Enforce non-executable pages > > is the only option I see. I hope im blind :S you probably enabled COMPAT_VDSO

Re: [gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-20 Thread Matt Poletiek
PaX ---> Non-executable pages ---> [*] Enforce non-executable pages is the only option I see. I hope im blind :S On 5/20/07, Andrew Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, I just finished installing hardened gentoo on an i686 dual > p3 system and have some questions. I used the

Re: [gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-19 Thread Matt Poletiek
If I make the change will I have to recompile the toolchain&userland? Just booting the new kernel didnt fix anything. On 5/20/07, lnxg33k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Poletiek wrote: > What do I lose by disabling it? If I am reading this correctly all the > grsec featur

Re: [gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-19 Thread Matt Poletiek
What do I lose by disabling it? If I am reading this correctly all the grsec features will be on by default if sysctl support is disabled? On 5/19/07, lnxg33k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Poletiek wrote: > However, this time (on the dual p3 system) paxtest is still able to d

[gentoo-hardened] My first hardened install

2007-05-19 Thread Matt Poletiek
Hello all, I just finished installing hardened gentoo on an i686 dual p3 system and have some questions. I used the 2006.1 install CD and the stage3-hardened-2007.0 tarball. After configuring the kernel and recompiling the toolchain (binutils, gcc, virtual/libc) I did an 'emerge -e world'. This is

Re: [gentoo-security] Days of yore

2007-04-16 Thread Matt Poletiek
Another voice in agreement with the first. On 4/16/07, Calum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember the days, when summers were hot, winters were cold, and notifications about kernel security were made using GLSAs. Then they stopped without warning, and I posted: http://archives.gentoo.org/gento

Re: [gentoo-hardened] problem when using 'su'

2007-01-10 Thread Matt Poletiek
t 5:53, Matt Poletiek wrote: > I was upgrading my kernel/patching it with grsec the other day when > all of a sudden I couldnt su as a normal user anymore. I dont know how > this would apply considering the new kernel wasnt (and still isnt) > booted yet. given that the logs come fr

[gentoo-hardened] problem when using 'su'

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Poletiek
I was upgrading my kernel/patching it with grsec the other day when all of a sudden I couldnt su as a normal user anymore. I dont know how this would apply considering the new kernel wasnt (and still isnt) booted yet. when attempting to execute 'su' as a normal error I get these grsec logs grsec

Re: [gentoo-hardened] Switching to hardened

2006-10-05 Thread Matt Poletiek
Ahh thats it. Thanks On 10/5/06, Brian Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No can do if you have a current glibc (2.4). The hardened profile only allows for glibc2.3 and gcc3.x. I don't believe there are any time frames to solve this problem either :(. I'm currently following the 1/3 install guide

Re: [gentoo-hardened] Switching to hardened

2006-10-05 Thread Matt Poletiek
Or a reinstall is possible. http://gentoo-wiki.com/Reinstall_Gentoo_keeping_your_old_configuration On 10/5/06, Matt Poletiek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as I know a switch is impossible if you are running latest glibc. Downgrading is not a good idea at all and I dont think portag

Re: [gentoo-hardened] Switching to hardened

2006-10-05 Thread Matt Poletiek
As far as I know a switch is impossible if you are running latest glibc. Downgrading is not a good idea at all and I dont think portage will let you do it. I heard something about SELinux switching to glibc 2.4 so there should be gcc-4.1-hardened not far off. On 10/5/06, Darknight <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [gentoo-hardened] blacksun wargames

2006-04-19 Thread Matt Poletiek
Is blacksun.labs.pulltheplug.org down? or are those documents hosted somewhere else? On 4/18/06, Andrew Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello :) > > On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 09:37:36AM -0400, solar wrote: > > I guess I should pass this along to this list. > > > > blacksun is a PullThePlug