[tex-live] TeX Live not using ASLR on Windows

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2011-09-24 at 11:24:38 +0200, Philipp Stephani wrote:

 > 2011/9/24 Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kleine at gmx.net>:
 > > Am Freitag, den 23.09.2011, 12:25 +0000 schrieb A A:
 > >> Hello,
 > >>
 > >> Is there a reason why any of the tex-live components (texworks,etc.)
 > >> do not use ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization,
 > >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomization ) ? When I force its use through group policy, everything appears to be working fine. You can use this to test: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544
 > >
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > could you please rethink your mail: Myself, I have no idea about
 > > ASLR.  If you want to advocate for this, you have to be more
 > > convincing, if not, so what?
 > 
 > What are you missing from the Wikipedia article? It is more or less
 > common knowledge that ASLR should be enabled for all applications on
 > all operating systems, except for debugging purposes.

So Microsoft rather than the TeX Live installer should turn it on.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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