--- Peter Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>
> Based on some recent BUGTRAQ postings, OpenBSD has a trick to support
> full protection on the i386. The text segment and executable part of
> shared libraries are placed at low virtual addresses and CS is
> restricted to only cover the low address space. I don't know whether
> it's worthwhile to implement something along these lines in FreeBSD.
>
I think we'll have to do it sooner or later simply because they do it ;). The
issue is, of course, Linux emulation and backward compatibility.
I think we could do the same but ignore the CS restriction if the user is
trusted and running inside a jail.
cheers,
Pedro.
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