Checking the compiler security flags for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system

PATROL Agent running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system is compiled with RELRO and STACK CANARY flags that help to identify security issues related to memory corruption and stack buffer overflow. 

You can run the checksec script to check if the PATROL Agent is compiled using RELRO and STACK CANARY flags:

./checksec -f patrolagent

The command will display the output as shown in the following example screenshot:

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