From c844a7d10fcaba15b19e913af4f0ff85f7697878 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Barber Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 17:42:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document r288669, stack protector "strong" level. Help from: pfg Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml index 2f4f8ab2d1c..8950f6e4b89 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml @@ -796,6 +796,13 @@ evaluated when building the emulators/linux-c6 and related ports. + + The stack protector has been upgraded to + the "strong" level, elevating the protection against buffer + overflows. While this significantly improves the security of + the system, extensive testing was done to ensure there are no + measurable side effects in performance or + functionality. -- 2.45.0