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Trusted Debian v1.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the trusty-too dept.

Peter Busser writes "The Trusted Debian project releases its first official release, v1.0. Its main focus is solving most (but unlikely all) buffer overflow problems. It features PaX, a kernel patch which does several things. It tries to keep code and data apart, it randomizes stack, code, heap and shared libraries, it does strict mprotect() checking and it also protects the kernel. Trusted Debian also uses the stack protector patch for GCC developed by Hiroaki Etoh at IBM, which adds overflow checks to C/C++ code. It also features FreeS/WAN and RSBAC, an extensive access control framework. More information is available from the website. There is also a demonstration available for the special capabilities of this release."

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  1. never have too much trust... by knowledgepeacewi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, I think the more the merrier, its not like they are forcing you to use it. It is just another option in this enlightened internet age.