Re: SegFault with -fstack-check

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> Hi Sean,
> 
> > So it seems to be "distro" related....hmmm...
> 
>  Well, compiler version related (but afaik only Red Hat ships the gcc-2.96 
> compiler). On my Red Hat 7.3 system the error also is reproducible. You should 
> probably report a bug at http://bugzilla.redhat.com .
> 
>  By the way, if you need stack protection you could build a gcc-2.95-3 with 
> the IBM propolice patch (this is probably easier for RH 7.x releases than 
> moving to gcc-3.2.2). I tried porting the propolice patch to RH's gcc-2.96 but 
> failed until now. I did however create a propoliced gcc-2.95.3 rpm and am now 
> in the process of rebuilding all packages for my firewall. If you are 
> interested I could send you the spec file and the patch I created (essentially 

For firewalls, consider devil-linux (built I think via Linux From
Scratch), Gibraltar (Debian) which both run from CD. Should a Bad Event
take place, reboot and you're clean again. Both can save/restore
configurations to floppy.

I think ipcop is in the same mould, but I've not looked so closely at
that.



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