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Re: Buffer overflow prevention


From: Thomas Sjögren <thomas () northernsecurity net>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:27:49 +0200

On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 07:26:47PM +0200, Mariusz Woloszyn wrote:
I see no real reason why the major Linux companies are not using it for
its products.

Me neither, but the Adamantix (www.adamantix.org) distribution is a step in the right
direction. It's based on Debian and uses SSP, PaX and rebuilds every
packages with -fstack-protector for example. Its worth checking out.

/Thomas
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