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Old 02-16-2012
So, you guys say that my idea is not that bad, but takes a lot of time and practical experience?

So basically I should stick with my backtrack and gather experience using BSD or Gentoo anyways?
Learning by doing - first see what it's like and then decide from there? Look at how the professionals handle security and learn from that too?
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Old 02-16-2012
If you speak about Linux distro i think make more sense use stable distro instead at solution as Gentoo more focused on performance and last packages. Indirectly using last packages means, potentially, more security problem, instead of using a little old package but with fix.
Just as idea, in case of linux, do you already give a look at kernel patch?
As for example grsecurity?
Do you have already take a look at the Access Control List (and other similar solutions) for a more fine permissions of the users on a system?
Etc.
The safety aspect is fascinating and the few that can get the necessary skills earn lots of money ...
Generally, i think, is better focus the time (the time isn't infinite) on these type of aspect instead of build or use an OS from scratch.
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Old 02-16-2012
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Originally Posted by alexscript
If you speak about Linux distro i think make more sense use stable distro instead at solution as Gentoo more focused on performance and last packages. Indirectly using last packages means, potentially, more security problem, instead of using a little old package but with fix.
Just as idea, in case of linux, do you already give a look at kernel patch?
As for example grsecurity?
Do you have already take a look at the Access Control List (and other similar solutions) for a more fine permissions of the users on a system?
Etc.
The safety aspect is fascinating and the few that can get the necessary skills earn lots of money ...
Generally, i think, is better focus the time (the time isn't infinite) on these type of aspect instead of build or use an OS from scratch.
Makes sense... Thanks for the explanation.
It's only that from a lot you read on the internet about "hackers" (you gotta learn from the dudes that wanna break in, how to break in, to make breaking in harder and stuff holes right?) that they use freeBSD or totally customized OS to do their stuff.
That's why I thought to learn about security I have to do exactly this... I guess I was wrong about that part then.
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Old 02-16-2012
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Originally Posted by alexscript
If you speak about Linux distro i think make more sense use stable distro instead at solution as Gentoo more focused on performance and last packages.
Not true. Its focus is flexibility. You get a choice of what you want to install at a very fundamental level. The install guide lets you pick which cron you want for instance; most other distros, you wouldn't even know which cron you had. You'd just call it 'cron'.
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Indirectly using last packages means, potentially, more security problem, instead of using a little old package but with fix.
Add security patch to an old version -- voila, old version has now become a new version!

Users can install bleeding-edge everything with ludicrous compile options, which sometimes gives it a bad name, but nothing forces them to use it in such a silly fashion.

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