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Thierry Carrez wrote: |
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> Restricting ssp to daemons and +s programs is not very |
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> useful. |
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Clarifying this : |
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SSP is very useful, and it should be used on all executables on a given |
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machine. I don't think we should only use it to protect daemons and SUID |
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programs, since a lot of buffer overflows are discovered in client |
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software and they are also a way of remotely compromising a machine. If |
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you protect only exposed services, attackers will turn to passive |
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attacks, like virus images, to always exploit the weakest link. |
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-K |
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