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Re: Non executable mappings and compatibility options bugs

From: Jaromir Dolecek (jdolecekNetBSD.org)
Date: Sat Jun 26 2004 - 03:42:55 CDT


Erik E. Fair wrote:
> The point is to make sure that the user understands the risks
> they're running. We now have a new statement to make:
>
> The main thing I think we're disagreeing about is how loudly to
> say this.

I think this should be sysctl per emulation, and default to
off (i.e. non-exec stack). The compat_*(8) manpages would
then contain appropriate pointers how to enable it.

Did anyone try to run e.g. Linux binaries with the non-exec
stack on?

Jaromir
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