In <m1d7k337vs.fsf@pele.cx> Shalon Wood (dstar@pele.cx) wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfrost@ns.snowman.net> writes:
>> So you fix the hole that is giving the abuser root.
> Defense in depth. Come on, it's a standard security principle. I have
> caught script kiddies before within 5 minutes of them cracking the
> system. Without this protection, that's plenty of time to turn a disk
> into a brick. If they are having to jump through hoops, that slows
> them down.
Go and read thread about non-executable stack. Sorry. The problem with Andre's
patch is the same.
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