GCC Preparing To Introduce "-fhardened" Security Hardening Option
Following discussions among compiler developers and other stakeholders, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is preparing to add a '-fhardened' compiler option that will enable various hardening features aimed at increasing the security/robustness of the generated binaries.
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