Re: patch to randomize mmap offsets

["Kevin L. Kane" <kevin.kane@xxxxxxxxx>]

>     hmm.  I'm not a big fan of OpenBSD's randomization code.  I'm not
>     rabidly against the patch but it is a bit hackish.  It seems to me
>     that somthing similar could be implemented simply by having the RTLD
>     or LIBC code mmap() a randomly sized dead segment, and not have to
>     build anything into the kernel.

Wouldn't that result in 2x the syscalls for calling mmap()?(isn't this
expensive?)  Or do I not understand what you mean?

-Kevink

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