prelink: is it worth it?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Thu Jul 9 18:17:46 UTC 2009


Till Maas wrote:
> I fail to understand what is nonsense, since you agree that prelink
> performs randomization.

If the binary is not prelinked, the kernel randomizes the address spaces at 
runtime, which is more secure than the prelink-time randomization.

        Kevin Kofler





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