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• Solar Designer's Secure Linux patches provide some protection against buffer overflows and /tmp race conditions, but not all software works with it.
• StackGuard can provide some protection against buffer overflow attacks but at a performance penalty.
• RSBAC - Rule Set Based Access Control project has a goal of reaching B1 conformance with mandatory access controls.

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