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Add note about Segvguard interface/implementation being experimental and 

with the potential to change in future releases.
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elad 2006-11-23 17:24:36 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.3,v 1.188 2006/11/22 02:02:52 elad Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.3,v 1.189 2006/11/23 17:24:36 elad Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
.\" @(#)sysctl.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
.\"
.Dd November 22, 2006
.Dd November 23, 2006
.Dt SYSCTL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
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PaX Segvguard can detect and prevent certain exploitation attempts, where
an attacker may try for example to brute-force function return addresses
of respawning daemons.
.Pp
.Em Note :
The
.Nx
interface and implementation of the Segvguard is still experimental, and may
change in future releases.
.It Li security.pax.segvguard.global
Specifies the default global policy for programs without an
explicit enable/disable flag.