Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 17:25:02 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Justin Lundy <jbl@cvs.tegatai.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [eugene@securityarchitects.com: Re: Preventing exploitation with rebasing] Message-ID: <3E4067EE.E4C2D40D@mindspring.com> References: <20030204195114.GA92636@cvs.tegatai.com>
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Justin Lundy wrote: > "Add a possibility to add a random offset to the stack on exec. This makes > it slightly harder to write generic buffer overflows. This doesn't really > give any real security, but it raises the bar for script-kiddies and it's > really cheap. It's also security through obscurity. All you have to do to get around it is write PIC and use your own system calls. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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