RAP: RIP ROP (Or new PaX protection)

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  1. BoerenkoolMetWorst

    BoerenkoolMetWorst Registered Member

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    PaX Team introduces a new protection against ROP: RAP(Return Address Protection)

    Slideshow:
    hxxps://pax.grsecurity.net/docs/PaXTeam-H2HC15-RAP-RIP-ROP.pdf
     
    BoerenkoolMetWorst, Oct 25, 2015
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    Thanks :)
     
    Amanda, Oct 25, 2015
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    Damn, what a bad move from grsec. They could make RAP free for the testing users, like the rest of their code.
    We're literally a HUUGE test-bed that they have, we save them a lot of money by using the non-tested patches.
     
    Amanda, Apr 30, 2016
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