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Re: paxtest on NetBSD 5.0 BETA



Elad Efrat wrote:

> Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > In article <20090106181846.38fec44e.adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost>,
> > Adam Hoka  <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >> -=-=-=-=-=-
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I made a few runs with paxtest to test our out-of-the-box security 
> >> functions.
> >> The test was made on netbsd-5. There are also some references results.
> >>
> >> http://www.netbsd.org/~ahoka/benchmarks/paxtest/
> >>
> >> I cant really comment on the results, but I hope others will.
> >> Also I didnt look why those odd segfaults occur.
> >>
> > 
> > You need MKPIE binaries to make ASLR more effective.
> 
> You (=Adam, and others) may find the following mail useful:
> 
>       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-security/2005/12/18/0000.html
> 
> If possible, please try running PaXtest with PIE binaries as Christos
> suggested, SSP'd binaries (look at their Makefile - it disables it at
> least for the OpenBSD target), and on amd64 too. The executable stack
> and mprotect tests should present different results...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -e.

Thanks, I will. For now it was only a ~default install.
Do you have any idea about those segfaults in the results?

--
When in doubt, use brute force.

Adam Hoka <ahoka%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Adam Hoka <ahoka%MirBSD.de@localhost>
Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost>

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