[OT] StackGuard (was: Low Latency Patch)

From: Ville Herva (vherva@mail.niksula.cs.hut.fi)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 02:14:06 EST


On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 06:17:01PM -0700, [Robert Dinse] claimed:
>
> Stackguard is presently limited to x86 and presently implimented only for
> an old version of gcc; so it's only a partial solution for the x86 platform
     ^^^
> only if you're willing to use antique tools.

Let's get the facts straight...

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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:38:05 -0700
From: Crispin Cowan <crispin@WIREX.COM>
Subject: Immunix OS 6.2 (StackGuarded Red Hat 6.2)
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

(...)

Immunix OS 6.2 is the current release. Immunix OS 6.2 is based on Red
Hat 6.2, but with all C source-available programs re-compiled with the
StackGuard compiler. The result is a system that is fundamentally
compatible with Red Hat Linux, but is secured against a majority of all
Internet security attacks.

(...)

   * Download:
        o The StackGuard 2.0 compiler. Now ported to EGCS/GCC 3.0,
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
          available as:
             + binary RPM
             + source RPM
             + source tar ball
             + patches to EGCS
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