Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 23:33:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: bde@zeta.org.au Cc: jdp@polstra.com, reilly@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF binaries size Message-ID: <199809020433.XAA03891@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <199809020214.MAA20550@godzilla.zeta.org.au> (message from Bruce Evans on Wed, 2 Sep 1998 12:14:40 %2B1000) References: <199809020214.MAA20550@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>> Is this a security problem? >> I don't think so. Do you? > Maybe if text is supposed to be unreadable. Presently, text must be readable to hold static strings (unless --fwritable-strings is used). Why would being able to read text be a problem? As far as that goes, except in the earlier 'break binary compatibility' thread, why would being able to write to text be a problem? Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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