From: Gunther Mayer (gunther.mayergooglemail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2008 - 15:16:51 CST

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Thanks everyone for answering my questions so far.

Mike Silbersack wrote:
> It's too late to make that sort of change for FreeBSD 7.0, but I think
> that's a good goal for FreeBSD 8.0.
>
> Here's what I think you could do:
>
> 1. Verify that enabling SSP works properly.
Ok, I will certainly do that once 7.0 is out and I can run it for a
while on our testing box.
> 2. Convince Kris Kennaway to run his mysql benchmarks on a FreeBSD 8
> system both with and without SSP to verify that there is no
> significant slowdown.
Hmm, I guess Kris is not subscribed to -security? Maybe I'll have to
post in -questions then...
> 3. Get it enabled on FreeBSD 8 by default.
> 4. Request that the change be made to FreeBSD 7.1 or 7.2 after it has
> proven to not cause problems on FreeBSD 8.
Ok, but what's the best way to go about that? Don't see that being
documented in the handbook. Do you suggest a post on -questions or a
send-pr or both?
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