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... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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