On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:07 PM, John Souvestre <j...@souvestre.com> wrote: > Thanks for the info. > > I believe that Windows generally requires that user opt-in (set in the exe) > for DEP and ASLR. However, it seems that Go exe's for Windows don't have the > DEP opt-in set. > > Worth opening some issues?
Sure. Thanks. Ian > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Lance Taylor [mailto:i...@golang.org] > Sent: 2017 October 04, Wed 15:27 > To: John Souvestre > Cc: golang-nuts > Subject: Re: [go-nuts] Memory Safety > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:07 PM, John Souvestre <j...@souvestre.com> wrote: >> >> Does Go provide Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Address space layout >> randomization (ASLR)? > > Go does not prevent the operating system from implementing Data > Execution Prevention. If the OS implements it, it will apply to Go > programs as it does to programs written in any other language. > > Go supports ASLR on GNU/Linux systems by passing -buildmode=pie to `go > build` or `go install`. -buildmode=pie is currently supported on > GNU/Linux and Android systems. Since the 1.9 release support was > added for Darwin amd64. It should be straightforward to add support > for other Unix systems, if anybody wants to do that. I don't know > what would be involved in adding support for Windows. > > Ian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
