On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:54:45 -0600 Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is propolice? Does it mean "I'm all for the police", or is it Italian for > "fast linux distro"? > > Hmm, I wonder if it's the test name of the prepatch ... > > # cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.4.23-pre3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.2 20031022 (Gentoo > Linux 3.3.2-r2, propolice)) #1 Sat Nov 1 07:55:10 CST 2003 > > > -- > Stephen > From here to there > and there to here, > funny things are everywhere. -- Dr Seuss > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > Hi, PROPOLICE is a GCC extension /originally from IBM i think/ which protects compiled executables from stack overflows. After some version of gcc /before ver.3.2.3 - in Gentoo 1.4/ it is available in GCC but is not activated in Gentoo 1.4 /could be done by including -fstack-protection in /etc/make.conf - CFLAGS I think/. I'm using it for some 3 months or more, including for kernel compilation. I'm also using GRSecurity kernel patch - medium level /gives me some problems in XFREE+KDE 3.1.4, can't start KDE(ksmserver)/. Now using XFCE4. -->uname -a -->Linux mymach 2.4.22-grsec-1.9.12 #1 Sun Sep 7 19:50:03 EEST 2003 i686 AMD Duron(tm) AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Also see the other answer. Rumen. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
