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Solaris 2.6 non-executable stacks

From: dkelson () INCONNECT COM (Dax Kelson)
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:57:23 -0600


A new feature in Solaris 2.6 is the ability to turn off executable stacks.

Just add these lines to /etc/system and reboot

* Turn off executable stacks
set noexec_user_stack = 1


Does anyone know how secure this implementation is?

Dax Kelson
Internet Connect, Inc.

Current thread:

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- Re: Vulnerability in 4.4BSD Secure Levels Implementation Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group (Jun 11)
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- Solaris 2.6 non-executable stacks Dax Kelson (Jun 12)
  - Re: Solaris 2.6 non-executable stacks Edward S. Marshall (Jun 14)
    - Re: Solaris 2.6 non-executable stacks Casper Dik (Jun 16)
- Re: Vulnerability in 4.4BSD Secure Levels Implementation Darren Reed (Jun 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
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- Re: Vulnerability in 4.4BSD Secure Levels Implementation Niall Smart (Jun 13)
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- Re: Vulnerability in 4.4BSD Secure Levels Implementation tqbf () pobox com (Jun 14)
- Re: Vulnerability in 4.4BSD Secure Levels Implementation Niall Smart (Jun 28)
  - Re: Vulnerability in 4.4BSD Secure Levels Implementation Tim Newsham (Jun 28)

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