Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 18:01:54 +0400 From: Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@yandex.ru> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT/HEADSUP] Ports now have Stack Protector support Message-ID: <348841379858514@web22j.yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <523DAC7F.9080808@freebsd.org> References: <523D792D.3060704@FreeBSD.org> <523DA68B.1020905@freebsd.org> <523DA8B1.8090303@FreeBSD.org> <523DAC7F.9080808@freebsd.org>
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21.09.2013, 18:26, "Nathan Whitehorn" <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>: > On 09/21/13 09:09, Bryan Drewery wrote: > >> šOn 9/21/2013 9:00 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> šOn 09/21/13 05:47, Bryan Drewery wrote: >>>> šPorts now support enabling Stack Protector [1] support on FreeBSD 10 >>>> ši386 and amd64, and older releases on amd64 only currently. >>> šWhy only those architectures? >>> š-Nathan >> šI was only able to test on amd64 and i386. And that took 37 exp-runs >> šover a month. >> >> šSee commit and CHANGES for more discussion on why not i386 on <10: >> >> šhttp://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=327697 > > OK. If I set this on powerpc anyway, will it turn on? I'm happy to > (slowly) test it there. AFAIU, it's pointless to use stack protector on ppc because stack smashing attacks are just impossible here. -- Regards, Konstantin
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