Detect and report ASLR status #1977
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Theoretically, we could just disable ASLR in `main()`, but that seems to be disallowed by default by some other security features. Refs. google#461
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these instructions only apply to linux i think? windows also has ASLR available.
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I have no clue about non-linux, sorry.
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(i assume you don't care given the change in the code, but it might be worth mentioning in the documentation)
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Makes sense. Is this verbiage sufficient?
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Theoretically, we could just disable ASLR in
main(), but that seems to be disallowed by defaultby some other security features.
Refs. #461