On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 02:02:44AM -0700, T. Joseph CARTER wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 09:23:15PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > > > But where open source is different from proprietary code is that
> > > > open source encourages honest people to acc
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 02:20:43PM -0700, Po Petz wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Bob Miller wrote:
>
> > Jacob Meuser wrote:
> >
> > > But then again, using safer functions, W^X, randomized memory allocation
> > > and mapping, privilege separation, propolice, etc, minimize the risk
> > > of bugs bec
--- Po Petz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The "PaX" project has something similar for linux.
> http://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/
Hmmm, I thought grsecurity was dead. Glad to see they
are back with some funding/sponsorship.
Jason
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Bob Miller wrote:
> Jacob Meuser wrote:
>
> > But then again, using safer functions, W^X, randomized memory allocation
> > and mapping, privilege separation, propolice, etc, minimize the risk
> > of bugs becoming serious security problems. Some of these things are
> > availabl
Jacob Meuser wrote:
> But then again, using safer functions, W^X, randomized memory allocation
> and mapping, privilege separation, propolice, etc, minimize the risk
> of bugs becoming serious security problems. Some of these things are
> available for linux, but in OpenBSD they are there by defa
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 02:02:44AM -0700, T. Joseph CARTER wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 09:23:15PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > > But where open source is different from proprietary code is that
> > > open source encourages honest people to access source code, and
> > > find security holes an
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 09:23:15PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > But where open source is different from proprietary code is that
> > open source encourages honest people to access source code, and
> > find security holes and patch them fast. The large open-source
> > community can find and patch
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 04:49:48AM +, Bob Crandell wrote:
> But where open source is different from proprietary code is that
> open source encourages honest people to access source code, and
> find security holes and patch them fast. The large open-source
> community can find and patch securit
Hi,
Let me fan this flame a little:
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1. EDITOR'S NOTE: Linux Is More Secure Than Windows. It Just Is.
Evans Data recently provided more proof that Linux is more secure
than Windows. The researchers surveyed 500 Linux developers and
found that 92 percent
