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diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml index 3c6df1428..e9a69bd04 100644 --- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml +++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ <title>What's new since the last release</title> + <para>In 11.3 release, <parameter>--enable-default-pie</parameter> + and <parameter>--enable-default-ssp</parameter> are enabled for GCC. + They can mitigate some type of malicious attacks but they cannot provide + a full protection. In case if you are reading a programming textbook, + you may need to disable PIE and SSP with GCC options + <parameter>-fno-pie -no-pie -fno-stack-protection</parameter> + because some textbooks assume they were disabled by default.</para> + <para>Below is a list of package updates made since the previous release of the book.</para> |