[tor-bugs] #10281 [Tor Browser]: Investigate usage of alternate memory allocators and memory hardening options

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#10281: Investigate usage of alternate memory allocators and memory hardening
options
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:
  mikeperry              |     Status:  new
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  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  major    |   Keywords:  gitian, tbb-security-hardening,
    Component:  Tor      |  tbb-firefox-patch
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Comment (by tom):

 For lack of a better place to store these, here are some good blog posts
 on IE's technique(s):

  * http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2014/07/beginning-end-use-
 free-exploitation/
  * https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/blog/2014/06/20/isolated-heap-friends
 ---object-allocation-hardening-in-web-browsers/
  * http://blog.fortinet.com/post/is-use-after-free-exploitation-dead-the-
 new-ie-memory-protector-will-tell-you

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