Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:33:12 +0200 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: "'Bruce M Simpson'" <bms@spc.org>, "'Mike Hoskins'" <mike@adept.org> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: RE: realpath(3) et al Message-ID: <000301c362a3$4af46db0$9f8d2ed5@internal> In-Reply-To: <20030814201923.GB21219@spc.org>
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This is something that I brought up at the beginning of this thread. = There were several reasons why it was not/is not implemented. The final = outcome (as far as I can tell) is that I'm creating and maintaining some ports implementing IBM's SSP patches for GCC 3.3 and GCC 2.9.5. --Devon > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > security@freebsd.org] Namens Bruce M Simpson > Verzonden: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:19 PM > Aan: Mike Hoskins > CC: security@freebsd.org > Onderwerp: Re: realpath(3) et al >=20 > On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 06:06:32PM -0700, Mike Hoskins wrote: > > *sigh* i'd hoped the project was 'always' ongoing, and that sharing > > and/or integrating changes amongst the various BSD source trees = would be > > commonplace. the fact that it's not clearly illustrates that our > biggest > > enemey in the security game is ourselves. (by 'selves' i mean = anyone > who > > feels not sharing a security or bug fix is a good idea.) >=20 > I think it would rock if we had more people cross-pollinating the BSDs = in > general. Security fixes are no exception. I am thinking in particular = of > the non-executable stack stuff in OpenBSD. >=20 > BMS > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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