From: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] exec-shield patch for 2.6.7-rc2-bk2, integrated with NX
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:19:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040604171944.GA9877@tsunami.ccur.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040604155906.GA1378@infradead.org>
On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 04:59:06PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:04:21PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > Here's the latest exec-shield patch for 2.6.7-rc2-bk2, integrated with
> > the 'NX' feature (see the announcement from earlier today):
> >
> > http://redhat.com/~mingo/exec-shield/exec-shield-on-nx-2.6.7-rc2-bk2-A7
>
> Any chance to split this up a bit? Having the pure non-exec stack
> (and maybe heap) would be really nice while the randomization feature are
> a litte bit too much security by obscurity for my taste.
It's no more security by obscurity than keeping your key secret is security
by obscurity. (One can think of the randomization as a white-noise key).
Joe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-04 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-02 21:04 [patch] exec-shield patch for 2.6.7-rc2-bk2, integrated with NX Ingo Molnar
2004-06-04 15:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-06-04 16:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2004-06-04 17:19 ` Joe Korty [this message]
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