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diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml index 752a2bd84..b36765261 100644 --- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml +++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml @@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ <title>What's new since the last release</title> - <para>In 11.3 release, <parameter>--enable-default-pie</parameter> + <para>In the 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> + These techniques can mitigate some malicious attacks, but they do not provide + perfect security. If you are reading LFS and a programming textbook, + you may need to disable PIE and SSP with the GCC options + <parameter>-fno-pie -no-pie -fno-stack-protection</parameter>, + because some textbooks assume these options are disabled by default.</para> - <para>Below is a list of package updates made since the previous - release of the book.</para> + <para>Here is a list of the packages updated since the previous + release of LFS.</para> <!-- Every package in the book is listed in the "Upgraded to:" section. |