> * Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-28 14:58]: > > On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 17:36 -0300, Gustavo Rios wrote: > > > Why do you say that? performance and security implications???? > > > > amd64 supports W^X in hardware, i386 doesn't. > > > > Bingo. You got it.
This is hogwash. Our W^X support is just as solid on i386 as it is on amd64, because on all our platforms we are very careful with the mapping of X and W objects. The i386 does fine. That is not a valid security reason. Sorry.
