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On Thu, 2005-06-10 at 15:06 +0200, Marco Matthies wrote: |
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> Do we currently have address space layout randomization on amd64 (or |
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> other archs), and will it actually help in these sort of attacks? |
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> I saw a mention of adding it to the kernel in [3], has that gone through? |
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> Do we have stack-smashing protection, and can this actually help against |
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> return to libc attacks? Judging from the gcc USE flags, it seems to be |
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> there at least -- is it also activated automatically? |
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What you want is Gentoo Hardened [1]. They maintain a toolchain (gcc, |
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etc) with the security oriented stuff. And also a security oriented |
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kernel (hardened-sources) that includes stuff like address space |
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randomization, stronger chroot, etc .. |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/ |
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Olivier Crête |
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tester@g.o |
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x86 Security Liaison |
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