Protected System Distributions

• DragonFlyBSD (July 12, 2004)
• Devil-Linux (October 31, 2003)
• ROCK Linux is a Linux distribution, but it's primary a Distribution Build Kit (September 29, 2003)
• Protecting Solaris with ProPolice/SSP (June 20, 2003)
• openbsd 3.3 is released. the stack protection mechanism by default (May 1, 2003)
• Trusted Debian 1.0 is released(April 21, 2003)
• ProPolice Protected Gentoo Linux: GCC extension for protecting from stack-smashing applications (March 24, 2003)
• Trusted Debian 0.9 (March 28, 2003)
• Kaladix Linux: The Secure Linux Distribution (March 5, 2002)
• StackProtection4FreeBSD Project (February 22, 2002)
• LASER5 Secure Server6.9 (October 26, 2001)

Links

• LinuxFromScratch memo by Robert Connolly (26, April, 2004)
• GCC SSP How to (multi-distro) by smthmlk (23, November, 2003)
• A Comparison of Publicly Available Tools for Dynamic Buffer Overflow Prevention (May 2003)
• Hackers Meet Soldiers (March 13, 2003)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in stack smashing protection technologies (April 9, 2002)
• Microsoft Compiler Flaw Technical Note
• Bypassing StackGuard and StackShield (May 1, 2000)

Compiler-based stack protection system based on the "ideal stack layout"

• gcc 4.1 stage2 (July 17, 2005)
• Microsoft /Gs option (?????, 2005)