[Full-Disclosure] Linux Exec Shield (was: Linux (in)security)

2003-10-23 Thread Chris Ruvolo
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:16:02AM -0700, Edward W. Ray wrote: Linux is the hands of someone with no interest or regard for security is the same as Windows or any other OS in the hands of the same clueless individual. The main difference between the Linux and Unix variants (i.e. BSD, Solaris,

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Linux Exec Shield (was: Linux (in)security)

2003-10-23 Thread Peter Busser
Hi! On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 03:27:17PM -0700, Chris Ruvolo wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:16:02AM -0700, Edward W. Ray wrote: Linux is the hands of someone with no interest or regard for security is the same as Windows or any other OS in the hands of the same clueless individual. The

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Linux Exec Shield (was: Linux (in)security)

2003-10-23 Thread Arjan van de Ven
I ran these test programs on the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux beta (Taroon) and the results are pretty disappointing. The default is only to enable the taroon does NOT contain execshield. there are some remainders (due to some of the functionality it offers being useful for other futures we