[clug] OSX + wireless security...

[Robin Humble]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:06:18PM +1000, Alex Satrapa wrote:
> Address Space Layout Randomisation
>
> Microsoft Windows Vista uses Address Space Layout Randomisation, which  
> Mac OS X does not, Microsoft Windows XP does not, and neither do Debian 
> or Ubuntu Linux distributions. Of course, the ASLR is turned off for 
> Internet Explorer (the application most likely to be exploited), so the 
> argument is moot.
>
> There are versions of Linux or other operating systems available that  
> perform ASLR in various incarnations (eg: "Hardened Gentoo", OpenBSD).

f10 has this, RHEL5 too.
  % cat /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
  2

seems deeply undocumented though... not sure what 2 means. I only know
about it 'cos Intel's ClusterOpenMP doesn't play nicely with it.

cheers,
robin