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 <li>W^X (pronounced: "W or X") binaries on ELF architectures. This is  <li>W^X (pronounced: "W xor X") binaries on ELF architectures. This is
 a fine-grained memory permissions layout, ensuring that memory which can be  a fine-grained memory permissions layout, ensuring that memory which can be
 written to by application programs can not be executable at the same time.  written to by application programs can not be executable at the same time
 This raises the bar on potential buffer overflows and other attacks.  and vice versa. This raises the bar on potential buffer overflows and other
   attacks.
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 <li>Still more reduction in setuid and setgid binaries, and more chroot  <li>Still more reduction in setuid and setgid binaries, and more chroot
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