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Re: Introducing security hardening features for Lenny



On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 10:16:24PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> In kernels that support text ASLR, programs compiled
> for PIE will gain full position randomization.

For which architectures is text ASLR available? does it require
external kernel patches? PIE means considerable system overhead
and fatter binaries, especially for systems without large
caches.

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