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Oops
Two weeks ago, this page
reported that OpenBSD does not yet have executable stack protection on the
x86 architecture. That statement, as it turns out, aligns poorly with
reality. OpenBSD has had non-executable stacks since 3.2; what it does not
(yet) have is protection for the other data areas - that is the protection
offered by the "W^X" technology in OpenBSD 3.3, but which will not be
available for x86 until the 3.4 release. We blew it, and we regret the
error.
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Oops Posted May 22, 2003 13:27 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link] Thankyou for the correction. It is what I have come to expect from this newspaper... honesty and integrity.
Oops Posted May 23, 2003 17:35 UTC (Fri) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link] "Aligns poorly with reality".And such a *stylish* correction, too. :-)
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