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Bitcoin-Qt (Windows only): add ASLR and DEP linker flags
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Bitcoin-Qt (Windows only): add ASLR and DEP linker flags

  • for extra security on Windows: enable ASLR and DEP via GCC linker flags

GCC linker flag description:
--dynamicbase The image base address may be relocated using address space layout randomization (ASLR). This feature was introduced with MS Windows Vista for i386 PE targets.
--nxcompat The image is compatible with the Data Execution Prevention.
This feature was introduced with MS Windows XP SP2 for i386 PE targets.

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Philip Kaufmann <phil.kaufmann@t-online.de>Authored on Aug 14 2012, 09:37
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rSTAGING10ffb4566781: Merge pull request #1681 from TheBlueMatt/fixtests
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Philip Kaufmann <phil.kaufmann@t-online.de> committed rSTAGING8e2ebc0106bb: Bitcoin-Qt (Windows only): add ASLR and DEP linker flags (authored by Philip Kaufmann <phil.kaufmann@t-online.de>).Aug 18 2012, 08:52