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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man8 Refer to the generic ssp(3) instead of the sp...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/ba90cccb6217
branches: trunk
changeset: 754123:ba90cccb6217
user: jruoho <jruoho%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Wed Apr 21 05:49:36 2010 +0000
description:
Refer to the generic ssp(3) instead of the specific __builtin_object_size(3).
diffstat:
share/man/man8/security.8 | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diffs (25 lines):
diff -r e9994b662441 -r ba90cccb6217 share/man/man8/security.8
--- a/share/man/man8/security.8 Wed Apr 21 05:40:59 2010 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/security.8 Wed Apr 21 05:49:36 2010 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: security.8,v 1.23 2010/04/21 05:40:59 jruoho Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: security.8,v 1.24 2010/04/21 05:49:36 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -308,11 +308,13 @@
.Nx .
.Pp
The underlying idea builds on the observation that there are cases where
-the compiler knows the size of a buffer (cf.
-.Xr __builtin_object_size 3 ) .
+the compiler knows the size of a buffer.
If a buffer overflow is suspected in a function that does little or no
bounds checking, either a compile time warning can be issued or a
safer substitute function can be used at runtime.
+Refer to
+.Xr ssp 3
+for additional details.
.Pp
The
.Em FORTIY_SOURCE
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