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Old 2nd March 2015
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Default OpenBSD Sponsors Work For Better Browser Security

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...owser-Security
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=142523501726732


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Originally Posted by Ted Unangst
A few words about a project I've started working on today with support from
the OpenBSD Foundation.

As you may know, OpenBSD has a W^X (write xor execute) policy for memory.
This mitigates many forms of exploit, either by preventing the exploit from
overwriting the program's executable code or preventing the exploit from
directing control flow to memory it has modified.
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