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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 2002 14:14:32 +0200
From:      Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Time to make the stack non-executable?
Message-ID:  <3D1EF628.5090105@wireless-networks.com>
References:  <3D1E28ED.B67A5271@FreeBSD.org> <3D1E3126.C96FFAA5@mindspring.com>

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Terry Lambert wrote:

>We've identified a number of issues that might make doing this
>problematic, and on which there needs to be feedback:
>
>o	Java; specifically, JITs may rely on an executable
>	stack.  Neither of us knows if this is true, for
>	sure.
>
It is the default (noexec_user_stack) for 64-bit Solaris.
http://docs.sun.com/?q=noexec_user_stack&p=/doc/806-7009/6jftnqsis&a=view
Since I doubt Sun would set a default which makes Java unusable,
It seems to me that Java has a good probability to be OK with that.
Or am I missing something?
Cedric



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