On 24/10/2007, Adam James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:12:50 +0530 > widyachacra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How to enable Enhanced Virus Protection(EVP) on linux? > > EVP is a bullshit marketing term for AMDs implementation of the Non > eXecute (NX) bit. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_bit#Linux for more information on > Linux support.
Further, note that Hardened Gentoo is the way to go for full PaX support. That said, one can use the hardened-sources kernel without having built a system based upon a hardened stageball and toolchain, but it's less effective without a PIE userland. For further information: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/primer.xml I'd also like to add that the NX bit is supported by PaX to enforce W^X memory protection with no overhead but _only_ when running amd64. On x86 installations, the NX bit is not used by PaX, even if the processor supports it. Regards, --Kerin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
