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Re:The status of Linux kernel hardening by tedunangst on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:25PM (#12922836)
I know of a few "one time in a billion" bugs that became "one time in a hundred" bugs after randomization. Then they were fixed, instead of continuing to linger.
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Re:The status of Linux kernel hardening by Animats on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:06PM (#12925445)
That's a form of fuzzing. With fuzzing, when you find something unexpected, you replicate the situation and explore that neighborhood. You don't immediately go on to the next random try.
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Re:The status of Linux kernel hardening by tedunangst on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:25PM (#12925649)
Yes. And fuzzing works better by conscripting more users. :)
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