Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by saagarjha on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:52PM
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Is that not what I said?
Re:Apple Antitrust Probe – Responses to Congress [pdf]
by msbarnett on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:02AM
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The way you phrased it can be interpreted as the inability to allocate executable memory is for unrelated reasons but is being “spun” as a security plus post-hoc, rather than the conscious consequence of a decision to prioritize security.
The block on allocating executing memory flows from the security concern, rather than security “spin” flowing from the allocation restriction.
apple is blocking exec flag on mmap'ed blocks because of security concerns.
Malware _relies_ on that ability to avoid static analysis.