From owner-freebsd-security Tue Apr 18 12:34:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B233F37BBEA; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:34:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA99128; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:34:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:34:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Ng Pheng Siong Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: StackGuard, etc.? In-Reply-To: <20000418234259.K593@madcap.dyndns.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Ng Pheng Siong wrote: > Just wondering if StackGuard, Solar Designer's non-executable > stack design, etc. apply to FreeBSD. > > If not, are there others that do? The basic design is compatible with FreeBSD, but it needs to be ported. Because it modifies gcc, it's linux-specific at present. It would be a *very* useful project for someone who wants to work on a compiler project. Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message