On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 02:52:43AM -0700, John M. Harris Jr. wrote: > While I don't have statistics on that, all of the anecdotal evidence supports > that vendors are still "supporting" 32 bit software. In fact, nearly all > proprietary software for RHEL, for example, is 32 bit. The EDA tools I'm forced to use dropped support for 32-bit systems in 2015. Even before that, I recall my own testing showing that the 64-bit versions were noticably faster, thanks to architectural improvements inherent to x86_64. > That's now how vulnerabilities work, and just being 64 bit doesn't solve any > security issue. All else being equal, it allows ASLR to be considerably more effective. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org High Springs, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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