> On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 03:42:02PM +0900, aq wrote: > > > http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nonselsec.pdf > > > > > > is a more techincal paper about execshield and related > > > > > > > yes, when I searched for exec-shield, i already got these 2 > > whitepapers. but I am looking for more "hardcore" information. it > > would be best to follow the mailing list thread mentioned in the > > ANNOUNCE file above. unfortunately I couldnt find the list. > > I'm sorry then, I don't know what you exactly want then. Maybe you can put > it in the form of questions? > Briefly, my questions are: - What exactly are the changes of exec-shield since the first announcement? (the ANNOUNCE-exec-shield file I mentioned above says that exec-shield has significant change, but then refered to the discussions on the (vanished) mailing list !) - What are the pros/cons of the changes? - PaX also features the no-executable memory technique (besides other things), so what are the pros/cons of exec-shield to PaX? Many thanks, and have a nice weekend ;-) AQ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/