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RE: Buffer overflow prevention
From: noir <noir () gsu linux org tr>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:07:38 +0300 (EEST)
pros and cons of the two ? i think the comparison should be like "how much more does wOpenBSD lacks compared to PAX ?" he might try to mean whatever but there is one thing obvious which is best known as "rip-off" i think you should read this instead: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2003-04/1681.html - noir w as in http://stargliders.org/phrack/mmhs.jpg On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Avery Buffington wrote:
no, he ment W^X ("W xor X") but I'm not about to go into a comparison of the two or their pros and cons. second bullet of http://www.openbsd.org/33.html#new will explain W^X but http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2003-04/1678.html will make you chuckle -----Original Message----- From: noir [mailto:noir () gsu linux org tr] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:01 PM To: bugtraq () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Buffer overflow prevention I believe that Mr. Raadt meant PAX by W^X. We all enjoy ascii art but I wanted to note that renaming somebody elses work is not so ethical.
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- RE: Buffer overflow prevention Brian Glover (Aug 14)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Patrick Dolan (Aug 14)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention noir (Aug 14)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Matt D. Harris (Aug 15)
- RE: Buffer overflow prevention Avery Buffington (Aug 15)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Massimo Bernaschi (Aug 15)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Tom 7 (Aug 15)
- RE: Buffer overflow prevention noir (Aug 15)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Theo de Raadt (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Peter Busser (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention noir (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Theo de Raadt (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention pageexec (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Mariusz Woloszyn (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention pageexec (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention pageexec (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Theo de Raadt (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Darren Reed (Aug 18)
- Re: Buffer overflow prevention Peter Busser (Aug 19)