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landr0idtoday at 1:19 AM3 repliesview on HN

FreeBSD didn’t have user land ASLR until 2019 and, amongst other mitigations, still doesn’t have kASLR. It’s not a serious operating system for people who care about security. If you want FreeBSD and security take Shawn Webb’s HardenedBSD.


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kelnostoday at 1:25 AM

Last I read, ASLR is a good thing to have, but overall is usually not difficult to defeat. It's a speed bump, not a brick wall.

I don't think it's reasonable to say that an OS that lacks it isn't "serious" about security.

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abrookewoodtoday at 2:52 AM

Is there anywhere that provides a good overview of the various OS protection technologies/approaches that exist and which OSes have implemented them?

user3939382today at 1:37 AM

So you have one example in hand and trash talked FreeBSD’s entire security team. Bold claims are fine but this is lazy.

FreeBSD isn’t secure, I suspect you’re sitting on a pile of 0 days for it?

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