Re: RFC/PATCH: Random pid generation

Mike Karmyshev (mike@katren.ru)
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:54:52 +0600


Chris Evans wrote:
> WRT the security issues; predictable pids have always assisted the cause
> of the cracker. Any extra difficulty we can generate is always
> useful. Obviously it's only worth considering for 32bit pids not 16bit.
Same problem with noexec stack... Everybody says that it gives a "false
sense of security"
and some people don't want it to go into mainstream. So the life is :(
-- 
	WBR,Mike

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