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Ubuntu - poorer security than FedoraUbuntu - poorer security than FedoraPosted Jul 21, 2008 8:51 UTC (Mon) by i3839 (guest, #31386)In reply to: Ubuntu - poorer security than Fedora by ceplm Parent article: Ubuntu, security response, and community contributions
That isn't true, most is done by the kernel, only stack protection is useless when not enabled, so buffer overflows are still a danger, but less if the kernel makes the stack non-executable and randomizes the address space. And as the poster below linked to, Ubuntu seems to enable those flags too.
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