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authornia <nia@pkgsrc.org>2021-10-06 06:11:17 +0000
committernia <nia@pkgsrc.org>2021-10-06 06:11:17 +0000
commit2adf610d91e6997930c3dee85e05fe25dc292899 (patch)
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parent6a566b5cd6d4322a1116ba6b29487333d568bb70 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-2adf610d91e6997930c3dee85e05fe25dc292899.tar.gz
SSP check can't be used where not libssp
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-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/hardening.xml8
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml b/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml
index 7b5176d3960..8c8f1c6d897 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/hardening.xml
@@ -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 automatically (where supported) if
<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: