Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Sun Dec 19 08:28:40 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/ssp: ssp.3
Log Message:
Small modifications to wording, tidy up SEE ALSO.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 src/lib/libc/ssp/ssp.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/ssp/ssp.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/ssp/ssp.3:1.4 src/lib/libc/ssp/ssp.3:1.5
--- src/lib/libc/ssp/ssp.3:1.4 Sun May 25 20:07:14 2008
+++ src/lib/libc/ssp/ssp.3 Sun Dec 19 08:28:40 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ssp.3,v 1.4 2008/05/25 20:07:14 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ssp.3,v 1.5 2010/12/19 08:28:40 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\"
-.Dd May 23, 2007
+.Dd December 19, 2010
.Dt SSP 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@
.Dv _FORTIFY_SOURCE
bounds checking is enabled as described below, the above functions get
overwritten to use the
-.Xr gcc 1
.Xr __builtin_object_size 3
function to compute the size of
-.Fa str
-if known at compile time and perform bounds check on it in order
+.Fa str ,
+if known at compile time,
+and perform bounds check on it in order
to avoid data buffer or stack buffer overflows.
-If an overflow is detected the routines will call
+If an overflow is detected, the routines will call
.Xr abort 3 .
.Pp
To enable these function overrides the following should be added to the
@@ -110,13 +110,10 @@
it will compute the minimum buffer size.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gcc 1 ,
-.Xr read 2 ,
-.Xr readlink 2 ,
.Xr __builtin_object_size 3 ,
-.Xr abort 3 ,
-.Xr getcwd 3 ,
.Xr stdio 3 ,
-.Xr string 3
+.Xr string 3 ,
+.Xr security 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm ssp
