My guess is 80% of you will get about 20% of what this email is saying, but you'll post on here like you know it all. Search your feelings, you know it to be true./reflections of myself about 15 years ago.//Modulo mistakes... cute
Sort of. Linux has DEP and a few other features (ASLR and SEHOP for example.) Redhat created ExecShield that can contribute. I don't know if PaX has been merged yet (haven't followed in quiet a while now) but it also does something similar. While not the same, they all provide different answers to the problem.
Then JIT languages come along and screw everything up.;-)
W^X is just one method OpenBSD championed, but it's not an exclusive technology.
most of you will pretend you understand (Score:1)
My guess is 80% of you will get about 20% of what this email is saying, but you'll post on here like you know it all. /reflections of myself about 15 years ago. //Modulo mistakes... cute
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
No, I do not understand (Score:0)
I am one of those 80% who do not understand what W^X is --- and I am ready to admit that I do not understand it
But there is one thing that I would like to know ...
Is there anyone out there thinking of " W^Xifying" Linux?
Re:No, I do not understand (Score:2)
Sort of. Linux has DEP and a few other features (ASLR and SEHOP for example.) Redhat created ExecShield that can contribute. I don't know if PaX has been merged yet (haven't followed in quiet a while now) but it also does something similar. While not the same, they all provide different answers to the problem.
Then JIT languages come along and screw everything up. ;-)
W^X is just one method OpenBSD championed, but it's not an exclusive technology.