ASLRdriven

ASLRdriven is a design philosophy and framework that centers on using Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) as the primary driver of memory-safety resilience in software systems. It treats ASLR not only as a single mitigation but as an organizing principle for system architecture, development practices, and evaluation.

In an ASLRdriven approach, system components, deployment pipelines, and testing regimes are structured to maximize randomization coverage, including position-independent executables, randomized base addresses for libraries, heap, and stack, and randomized module layouts at load time. The goal is to raise the bar for exploitation by making addresses unpredictable across runs and devices.

ASLRdriven complements other mitigations such as control-flow integrity, stack canaries, and memory-safety techniques, rather than relying on any single technique. It emphasizes defensive design, threat modeling focused on memory-corruption attacks, and continuous validation through fuzzing and red-teaming.

Implementation considerations include ensuring operating-system support (Linux and Windows), enabling and updating ASLR features, using position-independent executables (PIE), RELRO, and NX, and balancing the potential performance impact with security gains. It also covers instrumentation to measure randomness quality and deployment guidance to maintain compatibility.

ASLRdriven is used in secure software development, security research frameworks for evaluating ASLR effectiveness, and security audits of both new and existing systems.