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Re: tcpdump: drop privileges by default?



On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon<tls%panix.com@localhost> 
wrote:

> I think [tcpdump], and a lot of similar things, should be paxctl +A +M at
> install time.  What do you think?

I agree but think we should probably do that in -current long enough
before a release happens so it gets thoroughly tested. I know our ASLR
doesn't work too well with some programs yet.

-e.


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