--- 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.
+