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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:54:55 -0400 John Richard Moser |
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><nigelenki@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>| I believe it would be a good idea to have such a FEATURES or USE flag |
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>| on by default in all profiles where SSP is supported. In this manner, |
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>| the major targets of security attacks would automatically be |
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>| protected; while still allowing the user to disable the protection if |
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>| the user desires. Users wanting more protection can simply add |
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>| -fstack-protector to CFLAGS, or use Hardened Gentoo. |
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>Personally, I don't see the point in an ugly hack which occasionally |
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>sort of protects you from badly written code... The option's there for |
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>anyone who really wants it, but we tend more towards a "turn most things |
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>off unless the user asks for them" approach, hence the relatively low |
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>number of things turned on in the default USE settings. |
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so basically you are saying instead of doing somehting you can do now, |
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you would prefer to sit back and complain about what is wrong with xyz, |
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are you ever *for* something (that isnt vim or fluxbox?), you seem to |
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always seem to have a "but..." in store for everything over people seem |
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to bring up. use something that protects people now and help get your |
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ideal solution done while having the bandaid in place, why leave a wound |
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open till it is a fastering boil if you could have washed your hands and |
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put a bandaid on? |
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>| Any comments? Would this be more suitable as a USE or a FEATURES |
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>| setting? |
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>FEATURES, not USE. |
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