so, uh. I signed up for VPSes on a few of grsecurity’s sponsors that are web hosting companies, in order to GPL request kernel source. [1/?]
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namely, DreamHost classic VPS, DreamCompute, and 1&1. but I wasn’t able to find a configuration that actually shipped grsecurity. [2/?]
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so, uh, my dastardly plan is defeated. except that means that normal customers of those services are not being protected either. [3/?]
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as it turns out, pseudo-proprietary distribution models don’t work all that well. not that he ever cared about securing the masses but [4/?]
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we already did a thousand times more to secure the masses than you ever have or will. but bitching is easier than building stuff.
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not a competition - I never said otherwise
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Replying to @comex
so do we care about securing the masses or not? make up your mind.

May 11, 2016 · 11:09 PM UTC

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Replying to @paxteam
you don’t (or at least your actions are highly suboptimal if you do), but in bitching about that I make no claim about myself :)
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i mean it’s something i’d be interested in working on, but there’s a difference between that, and getting 90% there then stopping