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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] how to find out if something was compiled with -fstack-protector?
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 15:32:07
Message-Id: 200505111132.15939.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] how to find out if something was compiled with -fstack-protector? by Rob Holland
1 On Wednesday 11 May 2005 08:04 am, Rob Holland wrote:
2 > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 10:51:18AM +0100, Pedro Venda wrote:
3 > > I'm left with a doubt: how to find out if some binary was compiled with
4 > > -fstack-protector gcc option?
5 >
6 > I think: nm /bin/foo|grep guard
7 > should tell you, if you see a guard symbol, it has ssp.
8
9 nm doesnt always worked (it'll fail on stripped binaries), but `readelf -s foo
10 | grep guard` should work fine
11 -mike
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