The PaX guys got their panties in a knot because they wanted credit for being first or something which they can have all day long.
The OpenBSD code was developed in oblivion to PaX. So that guy still has an axe to grind because he wants something out of it. Not sure what though. I'll declare him first and omg1337 H4Xx0r and he can use his PaX all day long. Hope it works out for him. It has however no relevance to OpenBSD. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:26:18PM +0200, pourl...@hushmail.com wrote: > Hello misc, > > I was wondering if these accusations against OpenBSD were true, > I doubt he is lying, maybe he is just not telling the whole truth. > > http://www.uaoug.org.ua/archive/msg01088.html > > The first part is irrelevant, Linux may have implemented the sysctl > switch before OpenBSD. > However, their min_map_addr was set to 0 by default for a long > time. Which did lead to vulnerabilities in Linux. > > "hey keep coming up with the same exact "innovations" others came up > with years before them. Their official explanation for where they > got the W^X/ASLR ideas was a drunk guy came into their tent at one > of > their hack-a-thons and started talking about the idea. They had > never heard of PaX when we asked them in 2003." > > I do not wish to begin a troll-like thread, I just want the truth. > > Regards. > > Michel Antoine > User
