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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: WARNING: botched ld.so commit! :-(
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On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Bruce Evans wrote:

> This shows that the chflags on ld.so is mainly to [prevent] shoot[ing]
> yourself in the foot.  It doesn't improve security.
> 

I was thinking of asking why we're evening using it when
INITIAL_IMMUTABLE_LEVEL is not configurable without hardcoding the source.

Regards,


Mike