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diff --git a/app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml b/app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..04475d3958f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/app-admin/paxtest/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <herd>hardened</herd> + <maintainer> + <email>blueness@gentoo.org</email> + <description>Primary Maintainer</description> + </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> |