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Subject: Re: `Hiding' libc symbols
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In message: <20030505175426.GA19352@madman.celabo.org>
            "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org> writes:
: So, I advocate hiding all symbols in libc by default.  The Real World
: doesn't seem to care whether the symbols are defined by any standard or
: not.

>From a security perspective, this makes good sense.

Warner