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Autor: Matteo Panella
Datum:  
To: dng
Betreff: Re: [Dng] system scriptinng language.
On 07/12/2014 15:50, Joe Awni wrote:
> Question about ASLR: Matteo Panella writes, "but that [ASLR?] does *not*
> change the overall layout of executable pages - again, it's set in stone
> by the compiler,"
>
> besides, "overall layout." Why cant the pages of a statically linked
> binary be just as randomized by the OS as a dynamically linked binary?


Because it would break relative offsets within the same executable mapping.

Granted, PaX's RANDEXEC can (painfully[1]) randomize fixed-position
execs (and thus even statically linked executables), but it has a
significant cost.

[1]: https://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/randexec.txt

Regards,
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Matteo Panella