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arebop on Aug 25, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Snow Leopard contains hidden antivirus application

presumably details on why Leopard ASLR "adds no real security" are discussed in http://www.matasano.com/log/986/what-weve-since-learned-abou..., which will eventually be reachable again?

tptacek on Aug 25, 2009 [–]

Yep. Short answer: Leopard didn't randomize important core libraries.

bvttf on Aug 26, 2009 | [–]

Is there any confirmation that Snow Leopard has fixed this?

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