I recently learned about openwall patch and i got a question.
 

I'm currently running slackware 10 with the 2.4.26 kernel. A couple of days ago i learned about openwall kernel patch.
So i'm wondering if this patch is recommended for a home computer.
I've also been searching this forum for some info on this patch and i came across other patch called GRSecurity.
Which of this patches do you guys use, or which would you recommend for a newbie?
Oh before i forget. when it comes the time to upgrade my kernel due to some security issue with it, should i upgrade the kernel with the upgrade from slackware, or should i upgrade the kernel with any new patch openwall releases, or should i upgrade the kernel with an upgrade slackware provides and then patch that kernel with a new patch from openwall? I hope i'm making any sense to you guys :D


Thank you for any replies.

i think the slackware 10 2.4 kernel is vunerable to the "evil" exploit that locks up the system.

Update the Slackware kernel source, then apply the Openwall patch again and compile the new kernel.

Oh yeah, make sure you keep a copy of your old kernel and it's modules, just in case the Openwall patch doesn't "play nice" with the newer source from Slackware. This is a problem with third party patches because you can never guarantee that they'll work if the source they're patching gets changed.