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Heap Protection Mechanism

Posted by Hemos on from the protecting-ourselves dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's an article by Jason Miller on innovation in Unix that talks about OpenBSD's new heap protection mechanism as a major boon for security. Sounds like OpenBSD is going to be the first to support this new security method."

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  1. Have you ever noticed.. by ankarbass · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That the first few replies get the more than their fair share of mod points, even though they generally aren't much more than a hallmark card response?

    Don't mod this up, it's OFF TOPIC!!!

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    1. Re:Have you ever noticed.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No need to worry, you are in no danger of being modded up.

  2. Re:What's next? by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No no, you have it wrong. Gates will sit there and glare, while Balmer flies around like a insane monkey on crack.

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  3. ownage is still eminent by y0-w00t · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    nuff said