Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:42:14 -0700 (MST) From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: phk@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: philosophical question... Message-ID: <200112011642.JAA09819@lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <36180.1007217784@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> Would it inconvenience debugging that malloc(3) becomes non > deterministic in its layout ? > Would the increased uncertainty on program run-time be > good or bad ? It could make reproduction of problems more difficult. So, if it goes in, I'd like a switch to turn it off.... Maybe a sysctl. But there's a more serious philosophical issue here. Isn't shuffling the heap to avoid attacks really a form of "security via obscurity?" --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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