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Bug 74524

Summary: libsafe should be installed by default on Red Hat Linux
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: brian medley <bpmedley>
Component: glibcAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 7.3CC: fweimer
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Description brian medley 2002-09-25 23:07:47 UTC 
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Description of problem:
libsafe is a library that detects buffer overflows and similar bugs in software.
 It does this by not requiring any modification to the operating system and
works with existing binary programs. Its method does not require access to the
source code of defective programs, nor does it require recompilation or off-line
processing of binaries. Furthermore, it can be implemented on a system-wide
basis transparently.  The source code to  libsafe version 2.0 is available under
the GNU Lesser General Public License.  It can be downloaded from
http://www.research.avayalabs.com/project/libsafe/

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Download software.
2.Install.
3.Watch buffer overflows become minimized.
	

Actual Results:  Been running version 2.0 with RH 7.3 and haven't had any problems.

Additional info:

I didn't see where to post feature enhancements, so I used bugzilla.  I hope it
doesn't cause too much of a problem.
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-10-07 10:14:45 UTC 
Not a good idea.  Checkinstall doesn't work anymore with libsafe.

Cheers
Tycho
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2002-10-08 02:33:09 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 72196 ***