From edbaba6d3cf84ca86a6fb939ec6099f20c691ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Fasting Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:22:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nixos release notes: document changes to grsecurity/PaX --- nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml index be175a54c23..0bea6cbbf2d 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml @@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ following incompatible changes: Other notable improvements: - - todo - + + Revamped grsecurity/PaX support. There is now only a single + general-purpose distribution kernel and the configuration interface has been + streamlined. Desktop users should be able to simply set + security.grsecurity.enable = true to get + a reasonably secure system without having to sacrifice too much + functionality. See for documentation +