On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:35:10 -0400 Brchk05 <brch...@aim.com> wrote: > Thanks, Kees. > > > nx is in /proc/cpuinfo as a flag, though it does not appear at all in > my dmesg output. From what I can tell from the Ubuntu link you > supplied, I am assuming this means that my CPU supports nx but I do > not have the right type of kernel, i.e., one that uses PAE > addressing, to support enforcement (or is that part Ubuntu > specific). Does this sound plausible?
Yes, you should see "NX (Execute Disable) protection: active". Is this a 32-bit or a 64-bit kernel? (all 64-bit kernels come with NX, while not all 32-bit ones come with NX). Best regards, --Edwin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101010205641.78c22...@deb0
