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Date:      Tue, 01 Sep 1998 21:28:42 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, reilly@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ELF binaries size 
Message-ID:  <199809012128.VAA00418@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 1998 19:21:07 MST." <199809020221.TAA17213@austin.polstra.com> 

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> Also, how does it enhance security to prevent a program from reading
> its own text segment?  If a program doesn't want to read its text
> segment then it should simply ... not read it. :-)

Given that you just steadied the weapon while I blew my foot off, I 
think I can offer a suggestion as to why it might be awkward to have 
an execute-only text segment...

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