Re: exec-shield (maybe ITP kernel-patch-exec-shield)

[Gustavo Franco <stratus@legolas.alternex.com.br>]

Russell Coker wrote:

> http://people.redhat.com/mingo/exec-shield/
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/913
>
> It seems that exec-shield does 99% of what PaX does (PaX is the most desirable 
> feature in GRSec).  Exec-shield also has support for 2.6 and looks like it 
> will be a standard feature in Red Hat.
>
>  
I believe that exec-shield doesn't 99% of what PaX does, do some tests 
with paxtest[1], but
i like the idea of merge the patch with "debian kernel" in the future.

[1] = http://pageexec.virtualave.net/paxtest-0.9.4.tar.gz

Bye,
Gustavo Franco -- <stratus@acm.org>