Re: When did Debian decide to enable PIE by default?
Hi,
Gene Heskett wrote:
> > what the heck is PIE?
Dan Ritter and others wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code
It seems to have caused only moderate trouble.
Insofar it did not cause such a spectacular echo as other novelties and
strategic decisions.
慕 冬亮 <mudongliangabcd@hotmail.com> wrote:
> why does Debian enable PIE by default, other
> than stack protector and FORTIFY_SOURCE that are already enabled by
> default in the Ubuntu distribution?
All i know is what i learned during research for the question a few days
ago, why Debian 9 was slower than Debian 8:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/08/msg00051.html
(It would be nice to learn if any new insight came to Alexandru Iancu.)
If there remain particular technical questions after following all links
and some sub-links of
https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening/PIEByDefaultTransition
i would possibly ask on debian-devel mailing list, whether there is more
info available about the motivation and constraints of Debian's decision.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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