Re: [cobalt-users] libsafe program from bell labs

["Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a follow-up to this now that the list is working ...

> Diana,
>
> > I just found some information about this program...released last year by
> > Bell Labs...libsafe
> > I don't know enough about it to know if I could even use it but it looks
> > interesting. Sort of a "wrapper" for the memory stack to prevent buffer
> > overflows? If there are any gurus who can elaborate, that would be
> > cool..:). If this is something valuable...can it run on the Raq2..at
least
> > from source?
> > News release:
> > http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.042000/201111177.htm
> >
> > more info and source code...including rpms
> > http://www.bell-labs.com/org/11356/libsafe.html

I installed it and it works wonderfully on the RaQ3 and RaQ4 (and should do
so on the RaQ2 since you're compiling from source) apart from one minor
problem - it breaks the FrontPage extensions! I couldn't fathom why and
backed it off.

Regards,
Jonathan