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version 1.9, 2003/03/25 23:48:46

version 1.10, 2003/03/25 23:49:38

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enabled by default.

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<li>W^X (pronounced: "W xor X") binaries on ELF architectures. This is

<li>W^X (pronounced: "W xor X") binaries on architectures capable of

a fine-grained memory permissions layout, ensuring that memory which can be

pure execute-bit support in the MMU (sparc, sparc64, alpha,

written to by application programs can not be executable at the same time

hppa). This is a fine-grained memory permissions layout, ensuring that

and vice versa. This raises the bar on potential buffer overflows and other

memory which can be written to by application programs can not be

attacks.

executable at the same time 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