Re: SLFS book chapter proposals

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 02:02:53PM -0500, ashes wrote:
> As I suggested before, I would like to see this book begin by developing 
> gcc-3.4, glibc-2.3.3, kernel-2.6. This would put the stable version of the 
> book maybe two years from now (when gcc-3.4 is stabilized). Giving us time to 
> make all kinds of changes.

I see no reason why we should have to wait so long to release a stable
version of the book. We have enough information floating amongst us to
produce a more secure system now. We can run propolice and libsafe, drop
et_dyn, patch security holes in packages, configure for proper logging,
teach some basics on admin practices, split the filesystems, chroot
services, restrict perms, etc. We can write what we know now, then
consider things like grsecurity, selinux, et_dyn, etc. later.

-- 
Archaic

If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would
... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is
possible.

- Henry David Thoreau

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