Re: non exec stack & devfs threads!

David Burrows (snadge@gemcorp.com.au)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:16:35 +1000 (EST)


On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Mark H. Wood wrote:

> Actually I think of the nonexecutable stack patch as a *detector* for
> problem code, not a cure for it. When I see messages about trying to
> execute the stack, I know I have a busted program so I can fix it and
> yell at the maintainer for letting out buggy code. To me this is more
> secure than just assuming that every coder in the world has set up the
> right compilation options or completely desk-checked and tested his code.

I would agree with this reasoning if there was some way of transparently
doing this, without effecting other programs.. And a configurable option,
perhaps maybe enabled only if debug is set.

Anyone?

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