[Kamq]

> Statically linking libC is problematic in various ways.

Are we just talking about standard rop gadget vulnerabilities, or is there something else that's a problem with it?

[thristian]

glibc, Linux's traditional libc, can dynamically load hostname resolution policies, but that only works if the executable has access to dynamic loading, i.e. if it's not a static executable.

Dynamically loading hostname resolution policies doesn't happen often, but when it does happen it's a right pain to diagnose why some tools see the right hostname and other tools don't.