This is OT, but I am curious as to the application that makes no-execute a killer feature for you?
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Brian Drain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello misc@ > > I've read through the FAQ and done some searching on the mailing lists + > google, but I cannot find a definitive answer to my question. To keep > it simple, I'm looking at installing OpenBSD on a ThinkPad T61p w/Intel > Core 2 Duo. I've been reading that the amd64 platform will work however > the NX bit isn't supported. Intel has since come out with their own > version of the NX bit for whatever reason (shouldn't they have just > copied it like they did everything else?), the XD bit. Has this been > implemented anywhere so that the amd64-bit platform, running under an > Intel proc, will support W^X? If not it looks like I should stick with > 32-bit... and if not, any plans in the future on implementing Intel's > specific XD bit? > > > Thanks, > Brian Drain > > -- Some software money can't buy. For everything else there's Micros~1.
