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Re: mmap(), security and /dev/zero

From: Jonathan Stone (jonathandsg.stanford.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 23:34:52 CDT


In message <19449.1088050280splode.eterna.com.au>matthew green writes

>to jonathan: a x-bit-required-for-PROT_EXEC change needs a lot
>of 'settle time' in -current. not for 2.0.

Understood. (I'm not a complete idiot). Sorry if that was unclear.

However, I still *do* want it, and I regret Thor's reports of a prior
decision not to do so, back when it'd be a reasonable proposition.