Bug#222481: ITP: paxtest - PaX regression suite

[Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>]

Package: wnpp
Version: N/A reported 2003-11-29
Priority: wishlist


Upstream developer: Peter Busser <peter@adamantix.org>
License: GPL

$ dpkg --info paxtest_0.9.5-2_i386.deb 
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 23496 bytes: control archive= 1779 bytes.
     981 bytes,    23 lines      control
    2415 bytes,    40 lines      md5sums
 Package: paxtest
 Version: 0.9.5-2
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: i386
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)
 Installed-Size: 212
 Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
 Description: Test suite for the PaX kernel patch
  PaX is a Linux kernel patch which adds much stricter control on how memory
  is being used by applications. A normal Linux kernel leaves the control to the
  application and does not implement any enforcement. Especially buffer overflow
  attacks benefit from the absense of kernel enforced memory control. PaX tries
  to do its best to enforce this control of memory used by applications, thereby
  making it harder to succesfully exploit buffer overflows.
  .
  Furthermore, it adds several randomisations, which also make it harder for
  buffer overflows to succeed.
  .
  The test programs test all this functionality, but not all PaX functionality
  is covered.
  .
  For more information about PaX, see http://pageexec.virtualave.net/.

Notice this will be the original paxtest package developed by Peter with
some (slight) changes.

Regards

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino