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Dr. Brian Callahan@bcallah@bsd.network

Prof, CSSE@MU
Director, Monmouth University Cybersecurity Research Center

Former #OpenBSD developer

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Website: https://briancallahan.net
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May the way of the Hero: lead to the Triforce.
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Dr. Brian Callahan@bcallah@bsd.network (2026-08-11 23:04:28)
A wild #blog post appears!

I discuss a new #research publication: an empirical evaluation of the #OpenBSD -fret-clean flag. We examine the history of the mitigation, measure its costs, and deliberate whether or not it is worth keeping.

Worth the read if you like security and/or compilers.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html

#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc #rop #cybersecurity #cybersec #cyber #security #infosec #informationsecurity