--- wikisrc/pkgsrc/hardening.mdwn 2016/03/17 03:41:21 1.5 +++ wikisrc/pkgsrc/hardening.mdwn 2016/03/17 03:51:51 1.6 @@ -125,3 +125,16 @@ The following command should list a sect Program Header: [...] RELRO off 0x0000000000000d78 vaddr 0x0000000000600d78 paddr 0x0000000000600d78 align 2**0 + +## Checking for SSP + +Building objects, binaries and libraries with SSP will affect the presence of +additional symbols in the resulting file: + + $ nm /path/to/bin/ary + [...] + U __stack_chk_fail + 0000000000600ea0 B __stack_chk_guard + +This is an indicator that the program was indeed built with support for SSP. +