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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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