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Changes between Version 64 and Version 65 of mmcco


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Aug 21, 2015, 8:38:58 PM (8 years ago)
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mmcco
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more on how to find privsep entry points

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    v64 v65  
    158158* packagers and OS/distro developers use this to write good MAC profiles
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    160 ''Anecdotally, it'd be nice to start the convention of using a tag like `PRIVSEP` in code to help packagers find points of potential lockdown. Lacking these, searching for `fork()` and `exec()`-family functions with cscope or something similar is a good approach.''
     160''Anecdotally, it'd be nice to start the convention of using a tag like `PRIVSEP` in code to help packagers find points of potential lockdown. Lacking these, searching for `fork()` and `exec()`-family functions with cscope or something similar is a good approach. Beyond that, running the program in a debugger and breaking on new process creation is educational, as is understanding its initialization and `main()` logic well.''
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    162162=== Breakages ===
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