Comments on: Google Summer of Code 2010: it’s on http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/2010/01/27/5360.html A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lazarus http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/2010/01/27/5360.html/comment-page-1#comment-38245 Lazarus Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:09:14 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/?p=5360#comment-38245 Boo hiss, fine ;^) Boo hiss, fine ;^)

]]> By: Justin Sherrill http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/2010/01/27/5360.html/comment-page-1#comment-38244 Justin Sherrill Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:08:19 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/?p=5360#comment-38244 Don't write it here, write it on the page! Don’t write it here, write it on the page!

]]> By: Lazarus http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/2010/01/27/5360.html/comment-page-1#comment-38243 Lazarus Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:34:17 +0000 http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/?p=5360#comment-38243 I can think of a few: * Encrypted swap/file-systems * Extended tool-chain hardening * NX/XD support in kernel (at least for 64 bit kernels, DF doesn't support PAE IIRC) * More use of randomization (like PIDs/whatever) * OpenBSD's most recent malloc implementation as an option (Didn't DF get a port of the malloc from OpenBSD 3.8 and then ditch it for a port of DF's own slab code?) * Use blf instead of md5 for passwords etc. (already possible, but not default) I can think of a few:

* Encrypted swap/file-systems

* Extended tool-chain hardening

* NX/XD support in kernel (at least for 64 bit kernels, DF doesn’t support PAE IIRC)

* More use of randomization (like PIDs/whatever)

* OpenBSD’s most recent malloc implementation as an option (Didn’t DF get a port of the malloc from OpenBSD 3.8 and then ditch it for a port of DF’s own slab code?)

* Use blf instead of md5 for passwords etc. (already possible, but not default)

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