Stack Smashing Protection for Debian

Posted by Tux De Luxe at 08:56 02/03/2010
Stack Smashing Protection for Debian: "LinuxSecurity.com: Here's an older article on programming security, but still very useful. Is this something you ever considered to be a concern for your systems in the past? Since we last covered the use of Stack Smashing Protection (SSP) the default compiler for Debian Sid has been upgraded to include it, with no need for custom patching. Read on for a brief demonstration of how it can be used to prevent attacks."