Re: upstream exec-shield git tree

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Hi Ingo,

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:00:10AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 10:54:51AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> >
> > > I suspect another factor may be that paxtest can give inconsistent output when 
> > > doing the ASLR test.
> > 
> > Actually, in looking at paxtest, it's reporting correctly. I'm not sure what other 
> > patches are in the Fedora kernel, but it seems like while Ubuntu's entropy with 
> > ascii-armor aslr is bad, Fedora's is even worse.
> 
> There used to be some anti-Fedora PR in paxtest circles (which we can ignore), but 
> where the tool reported numbers i always found it to be accurate (which we shouldn't 
> ignore).

Yeah, that's why I replicated it externally, just to allay any fears about
paxtest itself.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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