From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jerome Brown Subject: Re: -fpie or ssp (IBM stack hardening) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:11:33 +1300 Message-ID: <420A6E75.60203@hub.net.nz> References: <1107957106.9884.192.camel@master.vms.security> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-reply-to: <1107957106.9884.192.camel@master.vms.security> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org B.G. Bruce wrote: > Has anyone looked into how compatible XEN is with pie (-fpie) or ssp? >>From memory (it has been a while since I have tried due to xorg issues) Xen itself _will_ compile and run with ssp and pie. However the kernel will not (this is a standard kernel 'feature' - as mentioned previously on this list it is probably better that it doesn't). HTH -- Jerome Brown Technology Architect Hub.Net P: +64 3 961-5116 M: +64 29 453 7663 F: +64 3 961-5129 E: jerome@hub.net.nz W: http://www.hub.net.nz/ O: Level 4, 818 Colombo St, Christchurch, New Zealand S: PO Box 1879, Christchurch, New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click