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OpenBSD Gets Even More Secure

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the one-tight-daemon dept.

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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  1. Re:smp blah. by rampant+mac · · Score: 0, Troll
    Yah, now If only I could run Open BSD on a system with more than _one_ processor. =/

    I'm sure Theo thinks that's an exploit too...

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  2. An exercise in futility by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    OpenBSD has a glaring flaw: OpenBSD is totally unsupported by any important mover and shaker in the IT world. Until OpenBSD gets the support of big players (i.e. Oracle, IBM, Sun, etc.), it is little more than a toy, an adventure in self-stimulation, if you will. We all know the game is over for BSD in general. Let's not kid ourselves.

    Don't get me wrong; there's nothing wrong with a hobby. Everybody should have one which they enjoy. But realistically, OpenBSD is more than quite a few furlongs out of the running when it comes to impacting the IT industry. It is a shame to squander time on a terrible dead end and waste of resources, energy which would be better spent working on something which is actually used.