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Joel_Mckayyesterday at 3:36 AM1 replyview on HN

Some posix like systems mount /home with noexec in fstab.

Practically, most systems leave it off because many out-of-band user space script language package ecosystems stop working. =3

There are also adaptive application firewalls that are user friendly.

https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch


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IshKebabyesterday at 7:01 AM

noexec clearly isn't going to help if you run untrusted JavaScript...

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