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From: "Peter S. Mazinger" <ps.m@×××.net>
To: Alexander Gabert <pappy@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-hardened@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] purpose of guard.c (ssp_guard.o)
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:18:22
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.44.0310302207330.30146-100000@lnx.bridge.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] purpose of guard.c (ssp_guard.o) by Alexander Gabert
1 On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Alexander Gabert wrote:
2
3 > hi,
4 >
5 > this object has been introduced due to the fact that gcc sometimes did
6 > not emit proper guard symbols into a binary and a library needed it
7 > however.
8 > so we put that in, but it opened more problems than it solved because
9 > now there are too many guards around.
10 >
11 > currently this object is going to be integrated in glibc and gcc a bit
12 > different, i will introduce it this weekend i hope.
13
14 If you have it ready, send me the details, I would do the integration into
15 uClibc too, if I can.
16
17 >
18 > for now, you can disable hcc when compiling a kernel and/or take out the
19 > ssp_guard.o of the specs file.
20
21 Well, I do not have hcc on my system (yet). I applied only the 2.4.20-xxx
22 patch to the kernel, did not activate HAVE_PROPOLICE, and rebuilt it (I
23 had problems with "missing guard" when I wanted to switch from a
24 non-propolice uClibc to a propolice-built one and I hoped this solves my
25 problem.
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27 Peter
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