-----Original Message----- From: Allen [mailto:gorebofh@comcast.net] Sent: 28 December 2004 07:47 To: suse-security@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-security] Will SuSE support stack smashing protection one day?
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 01:11, Malte Gell wrote:
Isn't this wishful thinking or unfeasable to a certain degree? I just thought if OpenBSD ships with SSP it must have noticeable advantages, otherwise they hadn't included it.
It does, they can brag how secure it is over other OSs in a default state. Which is shit anyway, an OS should come with a more useable state than secure, and it should be up to the admin to secure it as needed.
What, like with Windows? XP's great, the default user has admin privs, and doesn't even need a password to log on! Really easy for the user. Crap design, but easy. Tom. -- Tom Knight System Administration Officer Arts & Humanities Data Service Web: http://www.ahds.ac.uk Email: tom.knight@ahds.ac.uk