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Red Hat Introduces NX Software Support For Linux

Posted by timothy on from the founder-and-leader dept.

abertoll writes "In this story at ZDnet, Red Hat has apparently added NX support to Linux. NX security technology is a hardware attempt at stopping malicious code." (We recently posted about Transmeta's announcement that its chips will incorporate the NX bit as well.)

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  1. A Problem or Not? by tetrahedrassface · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who defines what is malicious? Is it outwrite malicous activity (READ intrusion and destruction), or code that is identified and peer reviewed as malicious? I just want to know who is deciding what can go on my box and why. Will mp3's be one day named malicious because the code may or may not infringe on patents? Or is this truly a stop-gap measure to prevent getting rooted? What about patent infringements? Im sure some quarters would say that is malicious indeed. Just a question after my beers. DB