Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Wed Apr 21 05:49:36 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8: security.8
Log Message:
Refer to the generic ssp(3) instead of the specific __builtin_object_size(3).
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.23 -r1.24 src/share/man/man8/security.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/security.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/security.8:1.23 src/share/man/man8/security.8:1.24
--- src/share/man/man8/security.8:1.23 Wed Apr 21 05:40:59 2010
+++ src/share/man/man8/security.8 Wed Apr 21 05:49:36 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: security.8,v 1.23 2010/04/21 05:40:59 jruoho Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: security.8,v 1.24 2010/04/21 05:49:36 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Elad Efrat <[email protected]>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -308,11 +308,13 @@
.Nx .
.Pp
The underlying idea builds on the observation that there are cases where
-the compiler knows the size of a buffer (cf.
-.Xr __builtin_object_size 3 ) .
+the compiler knows the size of a buffer.
If a buffer overflow is suspected in a function that does little or no
bounds checking, either a compile time warning can be issued or a
safer substitute function can be used at runtime.
+Refer to
+.Xr ssp 3
+for additional details.
.Pp
The
.Em FORTIY_SOURCE
