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Re: Turning on stack protection by default



Hello,

Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost> wrote:
> I'm using NetBSD/amd64 and NetBSD/i386 with stack smash protection enabled
> ever since the feature was introduced into NetBSD. I've just fixed a bug
> in "mdnsd" which was caught by SSP.(*)
> 
> Considering that this feature helps finding bugs and increases system
> security I would like to suggest to turn in on by default on these
> two NetBSD ports.

Can you provide some numbers how it affects performance?

Thanks.

-- 
Mindaugas


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