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| Subject: | Re: [Full-Disclosure] "Advances in Security" in the Linux Kernel and RedHat idiocy |
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| Date: | Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:37:19 +0100 (CET) |
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Brad Spengler wrote:
I guess anyone who thinks that taking a hardcoded exploit and running it 256 times would always result in a successful exploit is stupid.
It would not always result in a successful exploitation; just as flipping
the coin twice is not a guarantee of getting tails once.
Other than that, the amount of randomization is indeed puny; but then,
even 32-bit randomization is a good defense only in certain situations,
and often, can be defeated with some time, aided by luck or a decent
NOP-equivalent sled.
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