Non-Executable Stack Patch

[Erik Paulsen Skaalerud]

> From: owner-freebsd-security at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-security at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Tim Baur
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:24 AM
> To: freebsd-security at freebsd.org
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Tony Meman wrote:
> > I was wondering if there's any non-executable stack patch for
> > FreeBSD's kernel.
>http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/buildfreebsd.html
>
>-tbaur

Can anyone here share their experiences with this patch? I've heard very
little talk about it really, I'm looking for others oppinions before I try
to patch gcc with this. Any major slowdowns on the userland? And if its
major, how much?

Erik.