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Stack-Smashing Protection Added To OpenBSD gcc

Posted by timothy on from the smooshing-still-in-the-wings dept.

DieNadel writes "As posted here, support to ProPolice was added to OpenBSD. You can check the announcement. Note that THERE ARE dependencies that should be taken care of before building a new kernel, even on -stable."

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  1. Not -stable, only -current by stab · · Score: 5, Informative

    Note that THERE ARE dependencies that should be taken care of before
    building a new kernel, even on -stable.

    No, no, no - propolice has only been added into the -current tree, so if you are tracking -stable, continue as before. Only critical fixes go into -stable, certainly nothing as huge as a big GCC patch.

  2. OpenBSD has lots of new coolness by RazzleDazzle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They recently got round robin routing included in pf. They also got altq in pf also. They already merged nat.conf into pf.conf. They did a massive suid audit and a major license audit. Now propolice. I though OpenBSD was cool before a lot of this stuff came about. Some things like no-exec code are not available on all architectures though. There is also a calling for more gigabit equipment for furthur and continued testing, read the want pages and I believe Nate for more precise info, and make sure you contact him to make sure you don't get something already being donated.

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