Justin Lundy wrote:
> "Add a possibility to add a random offset to the stack on exec. This makes
> it slightly harder to write generic buffer overflows. This doesn't really
> give any real security, but it raises the bar for script-kiddies and it's
> really cheap.

It's also security through obscurity.  All you have to do to get
around it is write PIC and use your own system calls.

-- Terry

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