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Re: Solaris security extensions



On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 08:31:51AM +0100, Sad Clouds wrote:
> Not quite sure what those linking errors actually mean, but wouldn't it
> be easier not to use those flags? Solaris has good support for Zones,
> so even in the unlikely event that some binary gets compromised, the
> damage could be minimal. 

I'd like to note that having an executable stack makes almost any
overflow trivially exploitable.

I think any system introducing this should make it an opt-out feature,
not opt-in.


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