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diff --git a/libs/libsafe/slack-desc b/libs/libsafe/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5cf1c752 --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/libsafe/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on +# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make +# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to +# leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +libsafe: libsafe +libsafe: +libsafe: The libsafe library protects a process against the exploitation of +libsafe: buffer overflow vulnerabilities in process stacks and against format +libsafe: string exploits. Libsafe works with any existing pre-compiled +libsafe: executable and can be used transparently, even on a system-wide basis. +libsafe: The method intercepts all calls to library functions that are known to +libsafe: be vulnerable. Libsafe has been shown to detect several known attacks +libsafe: and can potentially prevent yet unknown attacks. Experiments indicate +libsafe: that the performance overhead of libsafe is negligible. +libsafe: |