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Re: gcc 4.1 security features

From: Eduardo Tongson <propolice () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:56:51 +0000

On 2/15/06, Matt <matt () use net> wrote:

Being the total nerd I am, I was browsing through the GCC 4.1 in-progress
ChangeLog:

http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.1/changes.html

And noticed at the very bottom the inclusion of some stack-smashing and
format-string prevention features. Anyone have any thoughts on their
implementation?

Some Linux distros and OpenBSD already had SSP in their gcc.

For more information on SSP formerly known as ProPolice
<http://www.trl.ibm.com/projects/security/ssp/>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack-smashing_protection>

-ed

Current thread:

gcc 4.1 security features Matt (Feb 16)
- Re: gcc 4.1 security features Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
  - Re: gcc 4.1 security features Halvar Flake (Feb 16)
  - Re: gcc 4.1 security features Joel Eriksson (Feb 16)
    - Re: gcc 4.1 security features Hikaru Gosun (Feb 17)
    - Re: gcc 4.1 security features Angelo Dell'Aera (Feb 17)
    - RE: gcc 4.1 security features Dave Korn (Feb 18)
    - Re: gcc 4.1 security features Matt Conover (Feb 21)
- Re: gcc 4.1 security features Eduardo Tongson (Feb 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: gcc 4.1 security features Phantasmal Phantasmagoria (Feb 21)