Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261563AbVASTxT (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:53:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261695AbVASTxT (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:53:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:2713 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261563AbVASTxO (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:53:14 -0500 Subject: Re: thoughts on kernel security issues From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: John Richard Moser Cc: Ingo Molnar , Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <41EEB920.8050609@comcast.net> References: <20050112182838.2aa7eec2.akpm@osdl.org> <20050113033542.GC1212@redhat.com> <20050113082320.GB18685@infradead.org> <1105635662.6031.35.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <41E6BE6B.6050400@comcast.net> <20050119103020.GA4417@elte.hu> <41EE96E7.3000004@comcast.net> <20050119174709.GA19520@elte.hu> <41EEA86D.7020108@comcast.net> <1106160943.6310.184.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <41EEB920.8050609@comcast.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-c1Bf/ohfU+l+hWG4W/Z9" Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:53:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1106164390.6310.193.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1164 Lines: 39 --=-c1Bf/ohfU+l+hWG4W/Z9 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >=20 > > Exec Shield does that too but only if your CPU has hardware assist for > > NX (which all current AMD and most current intel cpus do). > >=20 >=20 > Uh, ok. You've read the code right? *would rather hear from Ingo* I co-developed a bunch of it together with Ingo in fact, and did lots and lots of reviews on it as a whole and worked on it for over a year in relation with putting it in the Fedora kernel etc etc. So yes I have read the code. --=-c1Bf/ohfU+l+hWG4W/Z9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBB7rqlpv2rCoFn+CIRAuTKAJ0cbO6UFq+9s4UeQnraeFJnFQnvzwCfSI0H hUl5b1UpF6pb2R70O1qN1M0= =EUP4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-c1Bf/ohfU+l+hWG4W/Z9-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/