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1. monoca+(OP)
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2023-10-27 18:01:21
I don't think that helps much. OpenBSD already only allows syscalls originating out of the libc .text section, so whether the trap itself comes from a syscall instruction or some other trap mechanism doesn't really improve security AFAICT.
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2. saagar+lG
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2023-10-27 21:44:40
>>monoca+(OP)
Yeah but it sounds super cool doesn’t it!
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3. monoca+kT
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2023-10-27 23:19:36
>>saagar+lG
Every time I've seen a dev team go down that road, it's come with rather unfortunate unintended side effects.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20041215-00/?p=37...
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4. saagar+5d1
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2023-10-28 02:12:08
>>monoca+kT
Yeah but think of the attacks I thought of in the shower that it mitigates
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