On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 13:09:51 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:13:28 +0200 > Agostino Sarubbo <[email protected]> wrote: > > during an irc debate, me and other people just noticed that the > > default profile could use more flags to enhance the security. > > > > An hint is here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ToolChain/CompilerFlags > > > > Please argue about what we _don't_ use. > > > > Note: please CC me in your response. > > Security does not come from the compiler. There is no compiler flag > that magically makes insecure code secure. That depends on how you define insecure code; if you define that as excluding code which compiler flags can deal with, then I would agree. But in general compiler flags like these can at least help. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : [email protected] GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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