Subject: Re: New idea on ELF prebinding
To: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 11/22/2002 08:05:15
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 05:57:51PM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 09:27:40AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 05:17:00PM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> >
> > > BTW, what advantages can I get from separate tool and embedded data into
> > > binary, compared to what I'm proposing?
> >
> > Only one file,
>
> A win over two files.
Also fewer security issues -- in the /var/db/reloc scheme, you're just
asking for trouble.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>