On Aug 1, 2004, at 3:21 PM, Jason Dixon wrote:
I remember reading a long time ago about how Linux doesn't randomize new process ID's, in the way that OpenBSD (among others, I hope) does. Is there anyone here who follows Linux kernel development closely that might know why this hasn't happened yet, or perhaps know when it will?
I see that there is a maintained random-PID patch for the 2.4 series. The author claims it was rejected by Alan Cox because it was merely "security through obscurity". I'm a little surprised to hear that, but oh well. For anyone that's interested:
http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/rnd_pid_faq.php
-- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net
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