Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262075AbVATIrQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:47:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262080AbVATIrQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:47:16 -0500 Received: from mx2.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:13963 "EHLO mx2.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262075AbVATIrL (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:47:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:46:59 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: John Richard Moser Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Dave Jones , chrisw@osdl.org, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, Kernel Mailing List , Alan Cox Subject: Re: [Lists-linux-kernel-news] Re: thoughts on kernel security issues Message-ID: <20050120084659.GD12665@elte.hu> References: <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41EEB920.8050609@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 631 Lines: 17 * John Richard Moser wrote: > > 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). > > Uh, ok. You've read the code right? *would rather hear from Ingo* FYI, Arjan is one of the exec-shield developers. So he has not only read the code but has written portions of it. Ingo - 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/