Re: Integrating ProPolice/SSP into FreeBSD

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On Fri, 26 May 2006 17:34:22 +0200
Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
> first sorry for cross-posting but I thought this patch might interest
> -CURRENT users as well as people concerned by security.
>=20
> I wrote a patch that integrates ProPolice/SSP into FreeBSD, one step
> further than it has been realized so far.
>=20
> It is available here :
>     http://tataz.chchile.org/~tataz/FreeBSD/SSP/
>=20
> Everything is explained on the web page, but I will repeat some
> informations here.  The patchset is splitted in two parts to ease the
> review of the patch.  The -propolice patch is only the original
> ProPolice patch for GCC 3.4.4 applied on FreeBSD source tree.  The
> -freebsd patch contains the glue I have written to make things neat.
>=20
> The patch exists in both for CURRENT and RELENG_6.  Both introduce a
> new make.conf(5) (and src.conf(5)) knob to enable stack protection
> on a per Makefile basis.  It if of course possible to compile your
> world with it.  Please refer to the web page for more informations.
> =20
> The patch has been tested and works pretty well.  My laptop and my
> workstation at work are compiled with SSP : world, kernel and ports,
> including X.org.
>=20
> I hope you will enjoy it.
> Regards,
> --=20
> Jeremie Le Hen
> < jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >
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How does this compare to GCC 4.x mudflap feature? I do not plan to
include Propolice patch into base system any time soon and will object
anyone trying to do so due to future maintenance headaches this will
inevitably create. GCC 4.1.1 import is in the works though and should be
available shortly.

--=20
Alexander Kabaev

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