Hi Michael, Well, there certainly is overlap, but since checksec has a specific upstream, it might make sense to keep it a separate package. Right now the "hardening-check" script is used to validate the things that the hardening-wrapper itself is capable of doing to a given ELF.
-Kees On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:20:47PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > any thoughts on this? > > > hi, i put together a package for checksec a couple weeks ago [0], and > > just heard about hardening-check today. the two tools seem to do > > essentially the same thing; perhaps they could be merged? > > > > i think checksec may have the advantage since it supports various kernel > > feature checks as well. also, subjectively, the output looks a bit > > nicer, and its more compact. > > > > let me know what you think. > > > > best wishes, > > mike > > > > [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/06/msg00389.html -- Kees Cook Ubuntu Security Team -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
