tech-kern: Re: mmap(), security and /dev/zero

Subject: Re: mmap(), security and /dev/zero
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/21/2004 17:42:26

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On Jun 21, 2004, at 4:47 PM, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> ... including possibly the requirement to have /dev/zero for anon maps?

AFAIK, nothing in the NetBSD source tree requires /dev/zero for anon 
mappings, and hasn't for a very long time.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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