Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:37:39 -0800 (PST) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Unexecutable Stack / Buffer Overflow Exploits... |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > Both stackguard and the last option requires some CPU overhead at > run-time; the first two don't require any overhead at all. Note that > some of approaches, such as changing the stack location randomly will > stop certain attacks that the Solar Designer patch won't catch.
Is there any reason we cant do the first 2 immediately?
FWIW I thought solar designer patch did do the first one.
-Dan
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