Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Fully FOSS Tails OS

[Kurtis Hanna]

I'd love to hear about any updates on Heads. I'm very excited about the
project.

Peace & Blessings,
Kurtis

Jaromil:
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> dear Luke,
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> Many thanks for your detailed response, I include Parazyd in cc:
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> I hope we can join forces and rely on your effort for Parabola, then
> we'll also look for ways to make your work more sustainable.
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> On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, Luke wrote:
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>> On 01/15/2017 08:46 AM, Jaromil wrote:
>>> I'll take the occasion to pose a question we have unanswered at the
>>> moment: because of our plan to make heads really secure, the wish is
>>> that of applying the -grsec patch to linux-libre.
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>>> is there any concern regarding the free nature of the -grsec patch?
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>> There are non-free blobs in the grsec patch since 2015[1], Parabola is
>> currently removing them for our grsec kernel.
>> You can either use these deblobbed ones or remove the non-free firmware
>> on your own.[2]
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>> I e-mailed spender about the issue and he provided a python script which
>> removes *all* firmware. Unfortunately, it also removes free firmware
>> since the script does not have any sanity checks.[3] It could be useful
>> to revisit this script and get it working properly to automate blob /
>> non-free firmware removal.
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>> Luke
>> Parabola GNU/Linux-Libre Packager
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>> [1] https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4209
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>> [2] https://repomirror.parabola.nu/other/grsecurity-libre/test/
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>> [3] https://lists.parabola.nu/pipermail/dev/2016-December/004667.html
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