[31233] in bugtraq
RE: Buffer overflow prevention
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (noir)
Fri Aug 15 18:21:03 2003
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:07:38 +0300 (EEST)
From: noir <noir@gsu.linux.org.tr>
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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
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>
>
> 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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