From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263019AbTEBQxH (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 12:53:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263020AbTEBQxG (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 12:53:06 -0400 Received: from krusty.dt.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:27921 "EHLO mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263019AbTEBQxG (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2003 12:53:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:05:28 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Announcement] "Exec Shield", new Linux security feature Message-ID: <20030502170528.GC29245@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 02 May 2003, Ingo Molnar wrote: > We are pleased to announce the first publically available source code > release of a new kernel-based security feature called the "Exec Shield", > for Linux/x86. The kernel patch (against 2.4.21-rc1, released under the > GPL/OSL) can be downloaded from: Am I the only one under the impression that this looks as though this had waited for OpenBSD 3.3 to say "Blbrrrrrrrrp! we're first to have stack protection in the kernel and don't need to hack gcc." (Their W^X isn't enabled on the i386 architecture, but is due (on i386) in 3.4.)