Reconstructing a Gentoo Installer Computer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Tandy [mailto:tarpmangmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:11 PM
> To: gentoo-userlists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reconstructing a Gentoo
Installer Computer
> 
> Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
> > At this point then, I am going to actually build a
second box for
snort
> > perhaps using the hardened sources (I am not in
the least
comfortable
> > with running hardened on a production box).
> 
> Wrong.  The correct sentiment should be "I am not
in the least
> comfortable with running NON-hardened on a production
box". 
> 
> ESPECIALLY for network-accessible devices.
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[Timothy A. Holmes] 

Randy:

That may be, however, I have seen far to many complaints
about
instability in the hardened systems to be comfortable using
them in a
production environment.  Another user here in my area is
working to
change my mind, but at this point, unless something changes
dramatically, hardened in my mind is a specialty subset for
very
isolated applications that are very very crash tolerant. 
The problem in
my mind is that if the system is so unstable that it will
not properly
function with a major component like X, I am worried that it
may prove
unstable with other applications as well.  It seems quite
often that I
see messages going past someone has had a problem with
hardened and more
often then not, these are fairly critical problems -- while
it may be
that hardened sources are fine, I have high doubts about
them, and
specifically their stability.  I realize that this topic has
the
potential to very quickly become a flame fest, and I have no
desire for
this to happen, but at the same time, I cant risk a critical
system on
unstable sources either.  I am open to the possibility of
using them,
BUT, for now it will be in parallel with sources that I KNOW
work
correctly.  I cant risk our network to be part of an
experiment.


Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
 
Medina Christian Academy
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