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Date:      Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:23:12 -0500
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>
Cc:        Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@anongoth.pl>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Will 11.0-RELEASE include ASLR?
Message-ID:  <20160309222312.GD42303@mutt-hardenedbsd>
In-Reply-To: <201603091722.KAA24139@mail.lariat.net>
References:  <56E02D95.9020303@anongoth.pl> <201603091722.KAA24139@mail.lariat.net>

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On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 10:21:42AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> ASLR is controversial. Some see it as "security by obscurity;" others see
> it as extremely useful and effective.
>=20
> Yes, I would like it as a kernel build option, so that I can choose to
> optimize for raw speed (e.g. on a server which is hardened in other ways)
> or for the extra warm fuzzies that ASLR provides.

The great thing is that our implementation comes as a kernel build
option, just like you want. Our implementation also works on a per-jail
basis.

Thanks,

--=20
Shawn Webb
HardenedBSD

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