Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 09:30:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r44458 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201404060930.s369UnpT000394@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Sun Apr 6 09:30:49 2014 New Revision: 44458 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44458 Log: - Update the text for the ASLR report Submitted by: Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Sun Apr 6 09:27:06 2014 (r44457) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-01-2014-03.xml Sun Apr 6 09:30:49 2014 (r44458) @@ -812,12 +812,14 @@ including the base of the executable and the positions of the stack, heap, and libraries, in a process' address space.</p> - <p>We have added (a potentially buggy) ASLR support to all - supported &os; architectures. Focus is still on <tt>amd64</tt> as - that is what the developers have access to. We have added - support for Position-Independent Executables (PIEs) in a number - of applications in base. We have identified a number of bugs - and are actively working on targeting them.</p> + <p>We have added ASLR support to all architectures. As the + primary developers behind this feature have the most access to + <tt>amd64</tt>, the focus of development is on the + <tt>amd64</tt> architecture. Other architectures, such as ARM, + have known bugs with our current ASLR implementation and we are + working hard to fix them. We added support for + Position-Independent Executables (PIEs) in a number of + applications in base.</p> </body> <help>
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