Linux.com: Enhancing Kernel Security with grsecurity
Nov 16, 2005, 07:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Paul Virijevich)
"Is your server as secure as it could be? Sure, you use a
firewall, mandate strong passwords, and patch regularly. You even
take a proactive approach by performing security audits with tools
such as nmap and Nessus. Yet you may still be vulnerable to
zero-day exploits and privilege escalation attacks. If these
possibilities keep you awake at night, you're not alone. The
sleepless folks with the grsecurity project have developed an
easy-to-use set of security enhancements to help put your fears to
rest.
"To say that grsecurity provides many enhancements is an
understatement..."
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