From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1686 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2004 00:45:31 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 23 Sep 2004 00:45:31 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CAHjn-0001H6-15 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:45:31 +0000 Received: (qmail 20569 invoked by uid 89); 23 Sep 2004 00:45:30 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13652 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2004 00:45:30 +0000 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:42:11 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040923014211.44cfcc89@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200409222038.02024.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <4151A04F.5090304@comcast.net> <1095898314.5905.2889.camel@simple> <20040923012718.09149bab@snowdrop.home> <200409222038.02024.vapier@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__23_Sep_2004_01_42_11_+0100_z6r9PilA=JZ4ZVR/" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stack smash protected daemons X-Archives-Salt: bc7db49f-596d-44d3-b1d6-58bdaf0ba54f X-Archives-Hash: 1c335d367a401534973b2560c755bada --Signature=_Thu__23_Sep_2004_01_42_11_+0100_z6r9PilA=JZ4ZVR/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:38:02 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: | On Wednesday 22 September 2004 08:27 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > Personally, I would be *very* wary about giving our x86 users a 5% | > performance hit just to enable a hack which might protect you if | > your app happens to be badly coded in a particular way... The | > option's there for anyone that wants it, but turning it on by | > default probably isn't wise... | | personal opinions aside, the fact that it's a FEATURE means that users | can easily disable it ... after all, everyone knows Gentoo is about | performance ... Or, as a FEATURE, it can be easily enabled. Just like it can be as a CFLAG. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature=_Thu__23_Sep_2004_01_42_11_+0100_z6r9PilA=JZ4ZVR/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBUhvm96zL6DUtXhERArXfAKDWA+2b/Jmr2DgD+nR0D9vjeOf3VgCg20n7 W0lr0tWRI28ZQ7ZLjEpiWh0= =wHKX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__23_Sep_2004_01_42_11_+0100_z6r9PilA=JZ4ZVR/--