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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.lua.general/18519 |
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> That reply is from 2005 and is apparently specific to (32-bit) x86's |
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Even more is true! The only argument there concerns pic. |
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But most distributions (hopefully also gentoo in a not-so-distant future, |
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hopefully also on x86) will have PIE as a built-in gcc default, |
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and programs should better all be built with PIE due to security |
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considerations. |
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So the whole argument concerning efficiency is simply invalid, nowadays. |
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Yes, there might be very exceptional situations where it might be |
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appropriate to sacrifice security considerations completely |
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as a tradeoff for slightly more speed (although on amd64 this |
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is probably already hardly measurable). But it should be exactly this: |
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very exceptional situations. |
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Most games should better not be exceptional concerning security, |
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at least in a "standard" distribution. |
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