Re: How to enable/disable security features on mmap() ?

Hi,

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> realistically the first one is easy if your hw supports the NX bit
> (x86/x86-64). Some of the other randomisations are present in the 2.6.x
> kernels.
> 
> Or run a kernel from Fedora Core, or a kernel with the PaX patches to
> get all you're asking for.

In fact, I'm more asking about how to turn it off. These features are
already included in the Linux kernel (2.6.14.x at least) but I didn't
find any CONFIG_XXX variables to configure these features.

(Well, I'm not sure about the NX bit support)

Regards
-- 
Emmanuel Fleury

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