CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files

["Nia Alarie" <nia%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   nia
Date:           Wed Oct  6 06:11:17 UTC 2021

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/doc/guide/files: hardening.xml

Log Message:
SSP check can't be used where not libssp


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml
diff -u pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml:1.1 pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml:1.2
--- pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml:1.1    Fri Oct  1 17:20:27 2021
+++ pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml        Wed Oct  6 06:11:17 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: hardening.xml,v 1.1 2021/10/01 17:20:27 nia Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: hardening.xml,v 1.2 2021/10/06 06:11:17 nia Exp $ -->
 
 <appendix id="hardening">
 <title>Security hardening</title>
@@ -604,6 +604,12 @@ This check is now performed automaticall
 <sect2 id="hardening.audit.ssp">
 <title>Checking for SSP</title>
 
+<note>
+Checking for SSP using this method only works where the operating system
+uses <literal>libssp</literal>. <literal>libssp</literal> is not used
+on recent NetBSD/FreeBSD/Linux versions.
+</note>
+
 <para>
 Building objects, binaries and libraries with SSP will affect the presence of
 additional symbols in the resulting file: