OpenBSD Gets Even More Secure

Telent writes "As seen in this post by Theo de Raadt, OpenBSD is getting even more secure, working on smashing script kiddies running buffer overflow exploits dead. Tightening PROT_* according to the POSIX standards and creating a non-executable stack on most architectures are just two of the recent enhancements, most of which are in -current now."

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[joe_bruin]

google cache, in case of server is slashdotted

Re:VMS

[Bastian]

Plus most script kiddies would be left scratching their head trying to use it.

All my servers run CP/M for the same reason.

Who are you?

[Theo de Raadt - OBSD]

OK, first of all, because you registered that username here, Slashdot wouldn't let me register "Theo de Raadt", so I had to settle for this.

Secondly, who the hell are you? Stop impersonating me on Slashdot.