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| author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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| committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
| commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
| tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml | |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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| -rw-r--r-- | app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml b/app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a6679d4e410e --- /dev/null +++ b/app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="person"> + <email>blueness@gentoo.org</email> + <description>Primary Maintainer</description> + </maintainer> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>hardened@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Gentoo Hardened</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription>Test suite for the PaX kernel patch + PaX is a Linux kernel patch which adds much stricter control on how memory + is being used by applications. A normal Linux kernel leaves the control to the + application and does not implement any enforcement. Especially buffer overflow + attacks benefit from the absense of kernel enforced memory control. PaX tries + to do its best to enforce this control of memory used by applications, thereby + making it harder to succesfully exploit buffer overflows. + + Furthermore, it adds several randomisations, which also make it harder for + buffer overflows to succeed. + + The test programs test all this functionality, but not all PaX functionality + is covered. + + For more information about PaX, see http://pageexec.virtualave.net/. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |